To address this threat, DFFE, South Africa’s environment ministry, announced Aug. 4 that it will close off the penguin’s core foraging ranges around the country’s most important breeding ...

A curious penguin climbed aboard instructor Aden Kleve's bodyboard when he was giving lessons at Witsand Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2015, scientists at BirdLife South Africa and the Foundation identified a patch of rocks in this region as the perfect place to establish a new African penguin colony, to act as an “insurance ...

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 ...

Penguin in cardboard box led to South Africa helicopter crash, report says. Kerry Breen. Fri, April 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM UTC. 2 min read. A pilot and three passengers were not injured after their ...

Since 1900, the African penguin population has fallen to a fraction of its former glory: a mere 48,000 birds, down from as many as three million. Fortunately, ...

A new seabird nursery, described as “a lifeline” for the critically endangered African penguin, officially opened in Cape ...

Being the oldest African penguin in the world has its privileges. When ET, who lives at Virginia’s Metro Richmond Zoo, turned 43 last month, she took a dip in her private pool and ate a slice of ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- A penguin at the New England Aquarium hit a miraculous life milestone on Wednesday. Lambert, an African penguin who hatched on this day in 1992, turned 30.

Harlequin, an African penguin, standing outside her nest at the New England Aquarium. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Vitale offers the suspicious penguin a treat — an 8-inch long chunk of garden hose ...

An African penguin is now thriving after receiving more than two years of specialized treatment for a foot condition. The 24-year-old penguin named Beach Donkey that hatched at the New England ...

African penguin No. 821, known as “Mr. Greedy,” left, with spotted chest, was recently euthanized at the Maryland Zoo following an age-related decline.