African penguins are among the world’s most endangered seabird species and face a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The destruction of African penguins' nesting habitat over the centuries has been partly repaired by setting up artificial nests in penguin colonies. New research has found that these improve the ...

WWF worked in collaboration with the seabird protection non-profit SANCCOB and South African National Parks to reduce the impacts of extreme weather events on penguin nesting sites. Three types of ...

A female African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), who hatched at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 2022, has a new home at the ...

Four critically endangered African penguin chicks hatched at Mystic Aquarium in early January, the aquarium announced ...

A groundbreaking study by an international team of researchers from South Africa and the UK has revealed the incredible potential of artificial nests in boosting the breeding success of endangered ...

Close up of african penguin chick in the nest asking for food, in the colony of Boulders Beach near Simons Town, South Africa African Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach in Simons Town, Near Cape Town, ...

You can watch our penguins exhibiting this behavior when walking on land and approaching a nest box. The most common and loudest behavior of the African Penguin is the ecstatic display, seen and heard ...

The population began to fall in the 1800s when adult penguins were burned in the boilers of ships, eggs eaten as delicacies and nests were harvested for guano fertiliser. The main threat faced by ...

Mystic Aquarium is welcoming four new additions to its African penguin colony. The aquarium announced the hatching of four penguin chicks on January 6, 7, 9 and 10, according to a post on Twitter. The ...