Kevin Graham/African Penguin Nest Project A new study co-authored by Welman shows that the ceramic design provides the best nests on Bird Island. The artificial nests are even cooler than the ...

Demand for the ceramic homes has been ... to ensure food security for the birds. Graham agrees that population recovery depends on more than just giving African penguins a safe place to breed.

On Bird Island, where there are ... fiberglass or ceramic. Now, after more than a decade of research, South African and British experts say they’ve established that artificial nests can ...

Hand-made double-layered ceramic nest boxes have been determined as safe and comfortable space for African penguins. But, in a Bird Conservation International report, researchers say these nests ...

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins ... The newly designed, double layered ceramic nests were generally the most effective type of nest compared to ...

The birds are found throughout central and north-central southern Africa. Year after year, family groups get bigger and, as ...