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 ...

Overfishing and ecosystem disruption are leaving African penguins without enough food to survive. Their suffering signals a broader collapse in the ocean food web, but new policies and conservation ...

Good etiquette is expected at mealtime in the penguin colony, but the diners with the best manners are found on a new, special island for birds of a certain age. There, geriatric African penguins ...

'In good times, they largely stick with their partners, although there’s often a bit of hanky-panky happening on the side.' By Laura Baisas Published Jan 17, 2025 9:50 AM EST Get the Popular Science ...

More than 60,000 African penguins vanished from two of South Africa’s most important breeding islands in less than a decade, and scientists say they now understand why. A study published in the ...

The Tulsa Zoo has officially named its two female African penguin chicks: Robben and Pearl. The older chick, Robben, is named after Robben Island, a historic site off the coast of South Africa known ...

Penguins now have a place to go as they get older. More than half of the New England Aquarium’s African penguin colony has met or surpassed their typical life expectancy of 10–15 years in the wild.