Researchers in South Africa are looking for a way to save the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) from extinction while balancing the needs of the fishing industry. At the turn of the 20th century, ...

South African researchers plan to release scores of abandoned, hand-reared African penguin chicks at the Western Cape's De Hoop nature reserve, boosting efforts to start a new breeding colony of the ...

A penguin inside a cardboard box caused a helicopter crash in South Africa earlier this year, according to authorities. On Jan. 19, a pilot and three passengers transported a penguin back from Bird ...

As far as cold water marine ecosystems go, the waters off Cape Town are amongst some of the most biodiverse in the world--especially in proximity of a major city. Because of this, South African ...

REASON TO HANG OUT WITH PENGUINS, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY’RE JUST CUTE AND FUN TO WATCH, SATURDAY IS WORLD AFRICAN ...

PRETORIA, December 1. /TASS/. Serious decline in the number of African penguins’ breeding pairs threatens the species with total extinction by 2036, BirdLife South Africa’s Communications Manager Kurt ...

If you’ve never seen penguins before, you don’t have to travel all the way to Antarctica to find them. You can find them right here in the Cape, which is home to the African Penguin colonies, and ...

Adventure Aquarium has welcomed two baby chicks to its growing African penguin colony. The aquarium, located in Camden, surprised its social media followers by announcing the births of Gabby and ...

An October 2025 social media post correctly reported that researchers documented an apparent effort by a troop of chimpanzees ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A slipped ankle tendon sounds like something attributed to a hulking NFL star on a team injury report. But for a small penguin, such an injury used to mean amputation or even death.

Humans aren’t the only species who need a retirement plan. But for African penguins, that plan doesn’t include a 401(k). The New England Aquarium created a new “retirement home” island in its penguin ...