african penguin

Introduces readers to birds that are classified as endangered today and examines why they may have become endangered as well as conservation efforts being made to help them.

Pierre the penguin lost his feathers and was too cold to swim in the water until aquatic biologist Pam came up with an idea to get Pierre to swim again.

African Penguins are in trouble. Sandra Markle shines light on a current issue of species conservation and innovative approaches to address it, sure to tug at heartstrings and captivate young ecologists and animal lovers of all stripes.

Explores the care of seabirds that live at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds in South Africa.

Dyan deNapoli, known as "the Penguin Lady," describes the efforts taken by her, along with 12,500 volunteers from around the world, to save the penguins native to the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, when a massive oil spill in 2000 contaminated the water and home of over forty percent of the world's penguin population.

On June 23, 2000 the iron ore carrier MV Treasure foundered off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa spilling 1,300 tons of oil into the ocean and contaminating the habitat of 75,000 penguins. A massive rescue effort was launched to de-oil the penguins and nurse them back to health. Nearly all of the birds survived.