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Power poop saves the day (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 5 Aug 2025
A Cape clawless otter. Image by Mark Paxton via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

First record of Cape clawless otter preying on African penguins: Study

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2025

Conservationists, fishing industry find balance on protecting African penguins

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Mar 2025
The endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Population crash means African penguins are now critically endangered

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2024
African penguins are now an Endangered species and listed as in need of urgent conservation action. Image by Petro Kotze.

Caracal, meet penguin: How humans pushed unlikely predator and prey together

Petro Kotzé 8 Oct 2024

South Africa seeks to settle landmark African penguin lawsuit

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Aug 2024

‘Catastrophic breeding failure’ for penguins as Antarctic sea ice vanishes

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Aug 2023
Pablo Borboroglu with a Magellanic penguin

Penguins ‘enrich our lives’: Q&A with Pablo Borboroglu, protector of penguins

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2023

As climate change melts Antarctic ice, gentoo penguins venture further south

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jan 2022

‘No other choice’: Groups push to protect vast swaths of Antarctic seas

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Oct 2020

Emperor penguins could disappear by 2100 if nations don’t cap emissions

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

Penguin and seal poop powers life in Antarctica, study finds

Mongabay.com 14 May 2019

Large emperor penguin colony suffers ‘catastrophic’ breeding failure

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Why are more female than male Magellanic penguins stranded in South America every year?

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2019

Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2018

Photos: Here are the winners of the 2018 British Ecological Society photo contest

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2018

New Zealand penguins make ‘crazy’ 7,000-km round trip for food

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2018

Largest king penguin colony in the world has shrunk by 90%

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2018
While penguins cannot fly through the air, they are very adept at using their wings to propel themselves through the water like this macaroni penguin. Credit: Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS

How to help penguins (photos)

David Oehler / Megan Maher / Julie Larsen Maher 9 Apr 2018

How effective is environmental restoration?

Mike Gaworecki 6 Mar 2018
Earlier reports based on satellite data suggested that the Danger Islands could be home to several penguin "supercolonies." However, heavy pack ice is common around the Danger Islands, even in austral summer, making difficult to access this area to conduct a comprehensive survey. Credit: Rachael Herman, Louisiana State University, © Stony Brook University

Penguin mega-colony discovered using satellites and drones, raising scientists’ hopes

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2018

Ecological trap ensnares endangered African penguins

John Cannon 10 Feb 2017

Coastal wildlife paradise declared biosphere reserve in Argentina (PHOTOS)

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2014

Can penguins cope with climate change? Scientists find different types of ice elicit different responses

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2014

No place like home: scientists discover that male crested penguins head home earlier than females

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Oct 2013

Photos: emperor penguins take first place in renowned wildlife photo contest

Jeremy Hance 18 Oct 2012

Penguins face a slippery future

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2012

Cute animal pictures of the day: Humboldt penguin chick meets water

Jeremy Hance 13 Aug 2012

Cute animal picture of the day: African penguin chick

Jeremy Hance 26 Jul 2012

Over 500 dead penguins wash up in Brazil, cause under investigation

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2012

Scientists count penguins by satellite, find twice as many as expected (photos)

Mongabay.com 14 Apr 2012

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