The aquarium's 15 African penguins are part of the program.

The island is home to thousands of African Penguins.

It affected 156 African Penguins, with many more possibly threatened.

There's a reward for good behavior at the end: a boardwalk leads to a beach full of African penguins.

The African penguins are prisoners to their island, though, limited to foraging for food in waters no more than about 25 miles offshore.

African penguins usually breed during the African winter when temperatures are cooler.

There has been a colony of African penguins at Boulders Beach since 1985.

African penguins are now listed as 'endangered'.

Such observations have been made among red-winged blackbirds, barn swallows, and African penguins.

The aquarium welcomed its first African penguins, though its first penguin birth was not until 2010.

In total 30 African Penguins and 12 King Penguins were used.

African penguins walk down a path towards the Indian Ocean in Cape Town.

When two African penguins showed no interest in mating with females at Toronto zoo, and only with each other, they were separated.

African penguins have a very recognizable appearance with a thick band of black that is in the shape of an upside-down horseshoe.

Around 600 African penguins, already an endangered species, have perished in a sudden cold snap on a South African island.

The zoo's exhibition, Rock Island, is home to the largest captive population of African penguins in North America.

Boulders Beach near Simon's Town is known for its colony of African Penguins.

In particular, mute swans and South African penguins of the species Sphensicus demerus have high survival rates after rehabilitation.

Boulders Beach, south of Simon's Town, contains a large colony of African Penguins.

After an oil spill off Cape Town in June 2000, roughly 20,000 African penguins were rehabilitated and flipper-banded before being released.

Flamingos and pelicans feed in the deeper water, and African penguins and gannets breed on the offshore islands.

A century ago, at least 1.5 million African penguins waddled and swam the coasts of Namibia and South Africa.

Penguin Passage - Located in Ocean Discovery, guests can come face to face with African penguins.

With only 700 breeding pairs of African penguins on the island, the loss of more than half the population's chicks presents an added threat to their dwindling numbers.

African penguins look similar and are thought to be related to the Humboldt, Magellanic, and Galapagos penguins.

The African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is particularly susceptible to these events, and a single oil disaster has the ability to severely affect populations.

African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

African (jackass) penguins (Spheniscus demersus) at Boulders Beach, False Bay.

South African Penguins - Investigating the reasons behind the rapid decline of the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) over the last decade and potential mitigation strategies.

The islands are also home to 43% of the global population of the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus), the majority of which are on St Croix.

The African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.

Although set in the midst of a residential area, it is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird (Spheniscus demersus) can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment.

Pierre, an aged African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus), is the first penguin (and likely the first bird) to have bald spots restored, kept at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

The silicone bands are designed to minimize the potential impact of carrying an external marking device and are currently in use on African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) at Bristol Zoo, UK and in the wild in South Africa.

In June and July of 2005 the avian and mammal predators included Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni, African penguin Spheniscus demersus, Cape cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis which were predominantly found in the cooler southern part of the region.