South Africa’s beloved Blue Crane is now officially classified as vulnerable, confirmed in the newly published Regional Red ...

Nine of the fluffed-up flood survivors were whisked off to SANCCOB’s care centre for some much-needed TLC and rehab. Two lucky chicks got the fairytale ending, reunited with their parents like a ...

Last week, as many huddled indoors as wild winter storms pummelled the coastline, SANCCOB’s Seabird Rangers were out in the ...

Kirstie Paulse, the Sanccob marketing and fund-raising co-ordinator said the chicks were admitted following rescue interventions by members of the South African National Parks and a Sanccob ranger.

African penguin Sherlock. Picture: Sanccob According to the second adoption certificate, Holmes was admitted on November 14, 2022, and was also found on Stony Point in the Western Cape.

Stony Point is home to a key African Penguin breeding colony but saw the number of breeding pairs nearly halve between 2023 and 2024. The colony is down to under 680 pairs. Stony Point is one of seven ...

Fitch & Leedes has teamed up with SANCCOB (the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) in a mission that’s close to our hearts — protecting the iconic yet critically ...

Picture: Ashraf Hendricks Nicky Stander, head of Conservation at SANCCOB, explained that the organisation is currently ‘throwing every resource at the species’. This includes doing surgery and even ...