What caused a massive die-off of penguins off the South African coast?

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At the current rate of population decline, the bird is at risk of extinction in the wild by 2035.

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Eyeglass penguins could die out by 2035. Many starve due to lack of sardines in the sea, as a recent study shows.

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The climate crisis and overfishing have led to disaster for penguins in South Africa.

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African penguins living on the coasts of South Africa have been decimated in less than 10 years by a mass starvation, according to a new study dedicated to this critically endangered African species. Fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs of the small African penguin remain worldwide, and the species has been listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species since 2024.