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African penguin populations plummet due to food shortages

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December 09, 2025

ENDANGERED penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said Friday, with some populations dropping by 95 percent in just eight years.

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African penguin populations plummet due to food shortages

ENDANGERED African penguins at Stony Point nature reserve outside Betty's Bay.

(ARMAND HOUGH Independent Newspapers)

Fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs of the small, black and white African Penguin are left globally, according to scientists, and the species was listed as critically endangered last year by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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