African penguins are running out of room to hunt. As industrial fishing fleets sweep through the same coastal waters, the birds are being forced into direct competition for the last dense pockets of ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists and campaigners recently documented huge krill fishing vessels plowing through pods of whales feeding in Antarctic waters, a permitted ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids showed off its exhibit of 24 Magellanic penguins on Friday, Penguin Awareness Day. John Ball has one of the most successful zoo programs in ...
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 ...
When you think about penguins, one of the first things that comes to mind is cold weather. But, contrary to popular belief, most penguins do not live in frigid Antarctica. "There are 18 species of ...
A hatchery and protected sanctuary in South Africa is boosting penguin numbers. Sadly, the poor fishermen are as concerned about disastrous depletion and extinction as the richest in the fishing ...
A new study on African penguins links food shortages and fishing to adult survival losses, raising the risk of extinction.
The population has decreased almost 80% in the last 30 years. New study uncovers startling fate of over 60,000 penguins: 'The ...
For boaties who roam Darwin Harbour, the fishing boat made in the 1960s is a familiar sight. Repurposed multiple times through the years, the old girl has seen her fair share of tropical cyclones come ...
Endangered penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said, with ...