More than 60,000 African penguins starved to death as sardine stocks collapsed, study reveals

A catastrophic collapse in sardine numbers along South Africa’s west coast left an estimated 60,000 African penguins dead from starvation over an eight-year period, a loss researchers say pushed the species closer to the edge of extinction.

More than 60,000 African penguins starved to death as sardine stocks collapsed, study reveals
A catastrophic collapse in sardine numbers along South Africa’s west coast left an estimated 60,000 African penguins dead from starvation over an eight-year period, a loss researchers say pushed the species closer to the edge of extinction.