I waded in the South Atlantic with penguins. Yes, penguins. The ones we used to call Jackass penguins when I was working at the New England Aquarium in the 70s. They are now called African penguins.

The braying songs of African "jackass" penguins follow two extremely common rules of human language.

According to the study, the African penguin,also called the black-footed penguin, the Cape penguin, or the Jackass penguin, lived on 15 large islands off the coast of southern Africa more than ...

For comparison, Africa's living jackass penguin, also called the black-footed penguin, stands at about 2-feet tall (0.6 meters) and weighs between 5.5 and 8.8 pounds (2.5 and 4 kilograms).

African penguins are also called Cape penguins or South African penguins. The birds are known, as well, as "black-footed penguins" and "jackass penguins," the latter due to sounds they make ...

But I don’t want to talk about all penguins because the field is far too diverse. Instead I want to focus on Spheniscus demersus — the African penguin. To do this review properly, I knew I had ...

Their diet consists of 25 species of fish. African penguins live about 15-20 years in the wild but can live more than 30 years in aquariums or zoos. They are also called “jackass penguins” because of ...

[Related: Jackass penguins talk like people.] African penguins live along the coasts of Namibia and South Africa. They are about 24 to 27 inches tall and eat squid, anchovies, and other small fish.

The African penguin is the only penguin that lives on the African continent. It was known as the jackass penguin because of its donkey-like call. This film covers the life cycle of this incredible ...

Think penguins only belong in icy Antarctica? Think again—these tuxedoed birds thrive on sun-soaked beaches, and I just met them up close.

[Related: Jackass penguins talk like people.] African penguins live along the coasts of Namibia and South Africa. They are about 24 to 27 inches tall and eat squid, anchovies, and other small fish.