Over 60,000 African penguins have starved to death along the coast of South Africa, after their food supply collapsed. At the root of the problem was the collapse of sardine numbers. The little fish ...

Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death en masse during their molting season as a result of collapsing food supplies. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The Maryland Zoo, home to the largest collection of African penguins in North America, has announced the hatching of eight critically endangered chicks this breeding season. The arrivals mark another ...

Penguins tend to evoke images of Antarctic ice shelves rather than sunny shorelines. Yet along the coast of South Africa lives the African penguin, a small, vocal seabird adapted to temperate waters.

Antarctic penguins are going to extreme lengths to adapt to the climate crisis, as scientists uncover a “record shift” in breeding patterns. Penguin species such as the Adélie, Chinstrap and Gentoo ...

One of the most significant developments was a March 2025 court ruling that supported the introduction of improved no-fishing zones around key breeding colonies, to protect the penguins’ foraging ...

Forty-six African penguin chicks rescued from Bird Island floods are thriving at Sanccob, receiving expert care and a chance ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (WHTM) — As the number of African penguins in the wild falls, the Maryland Zoo has hatched eight chicks. The zoo says they have the largest population of African penguins in North ...

Off the coast of Cape Town, Robben Island is home to African penguins, whose future is by no means assured. Ariadne Van Zandbergen / Africa Imagery Of the world’s 17 penguin species, perhaps the most ...