our reporter jurgen schneider went to the coast near stony point to speak with conservations there whore trying to prevent africa's only penguin species from dying out. reporter: these penguins are having a rest after a long day looking for food. they spend hours out in the ocean every day hunting fish, to feed themselves and their children waiting near the shore. the biggest colony of african penguins lives at the stony point nature reserve on the coast south of cape town. it is home to about two and a half thousand breeding pairs. cuan mcgeorge is a marine ranger and looks after the colony. he works for capenature, the conservation authority for the western cape. cuan mcgeorge: at this locality, it's the only colony that is actually growing. most of the other of the 27 colonies penguin colonies on our , south african coastline, most of them are in decline and some of them are even extinct. reporter: he counts the penguins every week, and takes a look at the chicks and the nests. the species is endangered. every penguin counts. cuan mcgeorg: the species is struggling. the species, we