Wildlife rangers have rescued 19 vulnerable African penguin chicks at Boulders Beach as extreme heat swept across the Western Cape this week.

One of the most significant developments was a March 2025 court ruling that supported the introduction of improved no-fishing zones around key breeding colonies, to protect the penguins’ foraging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A colony of endangered penguins has received some attention online after a woman in South Africa took video of the adorable birds.

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 record ...

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 ...

Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death en masse during their molting season as a result of collapsing food supplies. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

There’s a reason they can’t fly! An “unsecured” penguin in a cardboard box has been blamed for a bizarre helicopter crash in South Africa, authorities said. The flightless bird apparently caused the ...

(NEXSTAR) – More than 60 endangered African penguins died last week in a Simon’s Town, South Africa colony – now, a post-mortem investigation his giving biologists new insight into the sudden deaths.

Hike or ride the cable car to the top of the world’s most famous flat-topped mountain at Table Mountain National Park. Be entertained by waddling wild penguins at the white-sand Boulders Beach against ...

A pilot and three passengers were not injured after their helicopter crashed from a low altitude in South Africa, according to an incident report. An unsecured cardboard box holding a penguin caused ...