This, combined with other threats such as egg poaching, overfishing and climate change, has caused African penguin populations to plummet. In 2019, there were thought to be less than 20,000 ...

African penguins... Most people this penguins are only found in cold weather, but the fact is that most penguin species are ...

In October 2024, the African penguin became the first penguin species in the world to be listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. This is a sad ...

As the birds formerly known as “jackass penguins” struggle to find food, South Africa debates whether to give them a leg up by banning commercial fishing near their island colonies. The ...

The world's oldest African penguin has died at the Richmond Metro Zoo, the zoo announced Thursday. "The Metro Richmond Zoo is saddened to report the passing of ET, an African penguin. She died ...

BOSTON -- Two new African penguins have joined the rest of the penguin colony at the New England Aquarium in Boston following months of care behind the scenes. The chicks hatched in March and are ...

After a celebrated, decades-long career as one of North America’s most reproductively successful members of an endangered species, African penguin No. 821 — known fondly as Mr. Greedy — has ...

An African penguin named “Mr. Greedy” died at Baltimore's Maryland Zoo last week at the age of 33, surpassing his species’ median life expectancy of 18 years. His secret to longevity?

Mr. Greedy, a prolific penguin dad at the Maryland Zoo, has died at 33, leaving behind a longtime partner and 230 descendants. The African penguin, who helped keep his endangered species alive ...

The Denver Zoo’s African penguin flock is just a little fluffier this week after a recently born chick was released from the intensive care unit, zoo officials said. The chick was born Oct. 15 ...

An African penguin who left many offspring in his long life, he belonged to the largest colony of the aquatic bird species in North America, according to the zoo. By Hank Sanders The popular ...