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.

A suite of artificial African penguin nests, such as this double-layered ceramic one, have been deployed in various colonies in South Africa over the past few decades.

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies according to a new study by an international team of ...

Roughly 10% of Africa’s more than 2,000 bird species, including dozens of migratory birds, are threatened, with 28 species — such as the Madagascar fish eagle, ...

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

Hundreds of little white ceramic homes are popping up along the shores of penguin colonies in South Africa. Built by conservationists, they serve as artificial nests for the African penguin.