GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi Aquarium announced its penguin colony has grown with the hatch of four African penguin chicks. The chicks hatched in late January to each of the colony’s mated ...

One of the most significant developments was a March 2025 court ruling that supported the introduction of improved no-fishing zones around key breeding colonies, to protect the penguins’ foraging ...

Wildlife rangers have rescued 19 vulnerable African penguin chicks at Boulders Beach as extreme heat swept across the Western ...

In January, the Mississippi Aquarium welcomed two tiny critically endangered penguin hatchlings — the first penguins born in Mississippi. Now, the penguin chicks are chunky, fluffy, and can finally be ...

The African penguin chicks that hatched at the National Aviary have new names, and they're ready to join the colony. The aviary revealed the penguins' names on Monday, sharing photos of the adorable ...

(NEXSTAR) – More than 60 endangered African penguins died last week in a Simon’s Town, South Africa colony – now, a post-mortem investigation his giving biologists new insight into the sudden deaths.

Adventure Aquarium has welcomed two baby chicks to its growing African penguin colony. The aquarium, located in Camden, surprised its social media followers by announcing the births of Gabby and ...

Penguins now have a place to go as they get older. More than half of the New England Aquarium’s African penguin colony has met or surpassed their typical life expectancy of 10–15 years in the wild.

The critically endangered African penguin has several predators to fear, including gulls, seals and sharks at sea, and leopards, caracals, domestic dogs and mongoose on land. A recent study has now ...

The African penguins in the California Academy of Sciences’ colony exchanged their own Valentine’s Day cards on Friday as part of an annual event that museum employees say simultaneously educates and ...

Memphis Zoo just announced its newest addition to the ever-growing zoo family, an African black-footed penguin named Elrond. On Oct. 22, the chick was hatched to his mother Betty and his father Pippin ...

Good etiquette is expected at mealtime in the penguin colony, but the diners with the best manners are found on a new, special island for birds of a certain age. There, geriatric African penguins ...