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Scientists team up on study to save endangered African Penguins

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EurekAlert

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2017-11-15

With less than 25,000 breeding pairs in existence today, it is an uphill battle for the African Penguin, which calls South Africa home. The 60 percent drop in their population since 2001 has put them on the endangered species list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In some South African colonies, the drop in population has been as high as 80 percent. Competition with fisheries, oil spills, climate change, diseases and predators are all contributing factors in their dramatic decline.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/fau-stu111417.php