Media and Resources

Lack of food threatens African penguin. Times of London. 28 October 2019. 

Tougher tactics in race against time to save African Penguins. Sunday Times. 27 October 2019. 

New plan to save African penguins. IOL. 26 October 2019. 

Saving penguins with fakes. Bloomberg. 21 August 2019. 

Marion island restoration project. Nine News Australia. 17 August 2019. 

Scientists are trying to ‘bribe’ South African penguins with sexy decoys and enticing bird calls. Business Insider. 9 May 2019. 

This South African ran a marathon every day for 50 days – here are his 4 best tips to start running. Business Insider. 28 April 2019. 

Runner, Dave Chamberlain in a bid to save African Penguins. SABC. 10 March 2019. 

Fake penguins placed on quiet beaches to create new colonies. Good Things Guy. 9 March 2019. 

Saving South Africa’s Penguins. Culture Trip. 16 January 2019.

Bird-brained scheme promotes faking it to save Happy Feet. Times Live. 15 January 2019.

SAfm radio interview on #JetSetBreakfast with Michelle Constant. 11 January 2019.

567 CapeTalk radio interview with John Maytham. 4 January 2019.

BirdLife SA hatches plan for new colony to help save African Penguin. CapeTalk. 4 January 2019.

Potts, WM, Mann-Lang, JB, Mann, BQ, Griffiths, CL, Attwood, CG, de Blocq, AD, Elwen, SH, Nel, R, Sink, K, Thornycroft, R. 2021. South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions. African Journal of Marine Science 43: 1–14. PDF available here.

Sherley, RB, Crawford, RJM, de Blocq, AD, Dyer, BM, Geldenhuys, D, Hagen, C, Kemper, J, Makhado, AB, Pichegru, L, Upfold, L, Visagie, J, Waller, LJ, Winker, H. 2020. The conservation status and population decline of the African penguin deconstructed in space and time. Ecology and Evolution 10: 8506–8516. PDF available here

Sherley, RB, Barham, BJ, Barham, PJ, Campbell, KJ, Crawford, RJM, Grigg, J, Horswill, C, McInnes, A, Morris, TL, Pichegru, L, Steinfurth, A, Weller, F, Winker, H, Votier, SC. 2018. Bayesian inference reveals positive but subtle effects of experimental fishery closures on marine predator demographics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285: 20172443. PDF available here.

Sullivan BJ, Kibel B, Kibel P,  Yates O, Potts JM, Ingham B, Domingo A, Gianuca D, Jiménez S, Lebepe B, Maree BA, Neves T, Peppes F, Rasehlomi T, Silva‐Costa A & Wanless M. 2017. At-sea trialling of the Hookpod: a ‘one-stop’ mitigation solution for seabird bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries. Animal Conservation 21: 159–167. PDF available here.

Crawford R, Ellenberg U, Frere E, Hagen C, Baird K, Brewin P, Crofts S, Glass J, Mattern T, Pompert J, Ross K, Kemper J, Ludynia K, Sherley RB, Steinfurth A, Suazo CG, Yorio P, Tamini L, Mangel JC, Bugoni L, Jiménez Uzcátegui G, Simeone A, Luna-Jorquera G, Gandini P, Woehler EJ, Pütz K, Dann P, Chiardia A, Small C. 2017. Tangled and drowned: a global review of penguin bycatch in fisheries. Endangered Species Research 34:373–396. PDF available here.

Silva MC, Matias R, Wanless RM, Ryan PG, Stephenson BM, Bolton M, Ferrand N & Coelho M. 2015. Understanding the mechanisms of anti-tropical divergence in the seabird White-faced Storm-petrel (Procellariiformes: Pelagodroma marina) using a multi-locus approach. Molecular Ecology 24: 3122–3137. PDF available here.

Wanless RM. 2015. Seabirds; a review of status, distribution and interaction with fisheries in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Chapter 10: 351-364. In: Van der Elst RP and Everett BI. 2015 (eds). Offshore fisheries of the Southwest Indian Ocean: their status and the impact on vulnerable species. Oceanographic Research Institute, Special Publication, 10. 448pp

Wanless RM & Maree BA. 2014. Problems and solutions for seabird bycatch in trawl fisheries. Animal Conservation 17: 534. PDF available here.

Maree BA, Wanless RM, Fairweather, TP, Sullivan BJ & Yates O. 2014. Significant reductions in mortality of threatened seabirds in a South African trawl fishery. Animal Conservation 17: 520–529. PDF available here.