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With just 10,000 breeding pairs left, the endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) could be extinct in the wild by 2035 if the current rate of population decline continues. To protect the bird ...

Crashing sardine stocks off the coast of southern Africa have pushed penguins to the brink, starving tens of thousands to death. In an especially devastating eight-year stretch, up to 62,000 breeding ...

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, ...

A recent closure of commercial fishing around South Africa’s Robben Island gave scientists the chance to understand how fluctuations in prey fish populations affect endangered African penguins ...

Baltimore, Md. (WHTM) — A female African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), who hatched at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 2022, has a new home at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Gerry, as she was named, has ...

In 2019, a big outbreak of avian influenza struck Namibia’s endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population. The IAEA-FAO’s sequencing service was able to help characterize the outbreak as ...

Swimming is an important behavior for all penguin species. However, zoo-housed penguins typically do not swim as often as their wild counterparts, which may have consequences for their health and ...

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has the largest population of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in North America – and it just got bigger. The Zoo announced on November 6 that ...