Penguin trainer Nick Vitale unlocks a door to a small cinderblock room. It's chilly, with buzzing fluorescent lights and a roaring ventilation fan. Also, it smells like fish. The perfect penguin love ...

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies according to a new study. Artificial nests can boost the ...

Admission is free and open to all who wish to raise awareness around African penguin conservation. Ensure that you wear comfortable walking shoes and that you bring your own water and snacks in ...

Conservationists are making a Valentine’s Day plea to protect African penguins that can mate for life. The birds, which are Africa’s only native penguin species, are on track to go extinct in the wild ...

BALTIMORE - Maryland Zoo's Bird Curator Jen Kottyan has been appointed to lead the national breeding and population management initiative for African penguins. As the Program Leader for the African ...

PRETORIA, December 1. /TASS/. Serious decline in the number of African penguins’ breeding pairs threatens the species with total extinction by 2036, BirdLife South Africa’s Communications Manager Kurt ...

The Racine Zoo announced the hatching of an African Penguin chick. The chick was born on May 3. The penguin now weighs roughly 5 ½ pounds. RACINE, Wis. - The Racine Zoo's staff announced on Thursday, ...

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 ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

CapeNature general manager Petro van Rhyn said the species is under severe threat due to food shortages, pollution, climate ...

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies according to a new study by an international team of ...

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) The Bird Curator at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been appointed to lead a national breeding and population management initiative for Spheniscus demersus, better known (and ...