GLAND, Switzerland— A study published this week finds that emperor penguins are being pushed towards extinction by the climate crisis melting the sea ice they need for survival. Yet the Trump ...

Pollution from land-based sources and overfishing for animal feed is impacting species in Africa and other parts of the world much as it is impacting the penguins of Betty’s Bay. Penguins are ...

Aside from their natural predators like sharks and sea lions, these penguins are prey to the many domestic cats and rodents that have populated the islands. Waves of plastic pollution washed out ...

Ocean acidification resulting from the ocean’s absorption of carbon dioxide and industrial krill fisheries further threaten the penguins’ food supply. Without large-scale cuts in carbon pollution, ...

The source of an oil pollution incident which left 19 underweight African penguins oiled between Hout Bay and Kommetjie last week remains a mystery. The Southern African Foundation for the ...

The largest breeding colony of Patagonian (Magellanic) penguins, at Punta Tombo, Argentina, had approximately 200,000 breeding pairs in October 2006—a decline of 22% since 1987. In the 1980s and 1990s ...

Penguins face various threats in the wild from overfishing and climate change to plastic pollution so it is important to check the health of individual colonies. So the current, widely recognised ...

Penguins compete with commercial fishermen for food, and are vulnerable to ocean pollution and humans disturbing their nesting grounds. There is a real chance the birds will become extinct within ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification ... They are the main diet of whales, penguins and seals and play a critical role in promoting the transport of carbon to the depths of the ...

The source of an oil pollution incident which left 19 underweight African penguins oiled between Hout Bay and Kommetjie last week remains a mystery. The Southern African Foundation for the ...