An adorable little African penguin was filmed hitching a ride with a bodyboarder at a beach on Cape Town’s southern peninsula.
The lack of transparency and communication about the exercise’s nature and necessity has disappointed residents, who are worried about the possible harm to endangered marine wildlife.
A teen girl is braving the icy Cape waters to raise money for the endangered African Penguin and other seabirds.
Over the weekend, news broke that 63 African penguins had been found dead at the Boulders colony in Simon’s Town.
Cape Town’s African penguins are currently enjoying a moment in the limelight with the success of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’. Dig a little deeper, though, and it becomes clear that the species is in crisis.
The Boulders Beach African Penguins are one of Simon’s Town’s main attractions, and now they have their own eight-part Netflix series.
The A68a iceberg broke free of the Larsen C ice shelf in 2017, and it’s now bearing down on an island that’s a breeding hotspot for a number of species.
Whilst Capetonians don’t have to travel far to see an African penguin, this king penguin is around 5 000 kilometres away from the nearest colony.
If you suffer from spheniscidaeaphobia (the fear of penguins), you might want to look away now.
American social media superstar Kelvin Peña tried to make friends with a penguin in Cape Town, but the penguin wasn’t having it.
If penguins and animal selfies are two of your favourite things, you’re going to love this clip of some flightless birds playing with a camera.
I’m sure there are millions around the country who would say, given the present situation, that students are fools. You can add two more to that list.