Hosted annually by SANCCOB and South African National Parks (SANParks), The Simon's Town Penguin Festival begins with the beach release of rescued African penguins back into the wild. The beach ...

Twice as many African penguin eggs can be rescued from abandonment or flooding with the opening of the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds' (Sanccob) new seabird nursery ...

The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds is raising funds to improve the unit so it can accommodate the hundreds of African penguin eggs and chicks rescued annually.

“P-P-Pick up a Penguin” was the TV jingle made famous in the 1980s for advertising a chocolate bar. But for volunteers at a penguin conservation project they say that it is actually the hardest part ...

South Africa’s African penguins - a now critically endangered species - are receiving vital care from the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Operating seabird ...

A distinct odor of dead fish, guano, and earthy sea lingers in the air. Loud braying punctuates conversations. At the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape ...

Welcome to SANCCOB - the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds - better known as the penguin hospital - which treats injured, abandoned, sick or oiled birds. Yesterday we ...