07/06/2019

New article by MAPRU's post doc, Dr Alistair McInnes, used cameras placed on the back of African penguins to show how these penguins herd prey such as anchovy and sardines into shallower more accessible depths for other flying seabirds. 

The article goes onto show how flying seabirds may use penguins as visual cues for prey availability. This research shows the importance of African penguins within marine communities around the South Africa coastline.

Watch the video at:

https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-strapped-cameras-african-penguinsheres-what-they-saw-1441815

Read the research at:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.190333

And see the popular article about the research at:

https://www.insidescience.org/news/when-penguins-dive-other-birds-feast

Contact information
Tegan Carpenter-Kling
s214236447@mandela.ac.za

Tegan Carpenter-Kling
S214236447@mandela.ac.za