African Penguin
latest news & developments
Saving the African penguin is a noisy affair
New regulations put in place strict rules, including seasonal restrictions and spill prevention measures, to balance penguin conservation with shipping
Conservationists fight for scientifically-informed fishing closures to ensure African penguin survival
The applicants argue that the forestry, fisheries and environment minister’s interim fishing closures are ‘biologically meaningless’
South Africa’s blue swallow and African penguin in critical decline
Conservation efforts pay off for the southern bald ibis, now downlisted to near threatened after decades of protection
Africa’s only penguin moves closer to extinction
The seabirds were recently moved to critically endangered status, meaning drastic action has to be taken to save them from being wiped out