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A group of African penguins are seen during a rehabilitation session in Cape Town, South Africa on March 22, 2022. African penguins, whose populations have fallen sharply in the last century, may become extinct in the next few decades, experts say. File photo by Murat Ozgur Guvendik/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
AFRICAN PENGUINS

Pioneering project to help save African penguins takes off, bringing renewed hope for the endangered species

So far, 148 juvenile African penguins have been released at De Hoop Nature Reserve in a bid to establish a new breeding colony

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Extinction threat: The African penguins breed on islands off South Africa’s coast, including in the St Croix Island Reserve near the Coega River mouth. Photo: Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild/Getty Images
AFRICAN PENGUINS

Penguins can’t get enough to eat

The causes include commercial fishing near their colonies and a scarcity of sardines and anchovies

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read