But the new ceramic nests, made of two molded shells of gray fabric soaked in a ceramic slurry and fitted together to look like a tiny igloo, kept the birds cool. The ceramic nests remained around ...

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.

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.

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, but different designs are more effective at different colonies according to a new study by an international team of ...

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