A Little Blue Penguin comes ashore to find its burrow for the night at Pilots Beach, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Little gentoo penguin walking on a glacier, Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Little gentoo penguin walking on a glacier, Brown Bluff, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) in rock pool, Tutukaka, Northland, North Island, New Zealand.

Emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, Adult Protecting her Chick on her Feet, Snow Hill Island, Antartic Peninsula, Antarctica

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), Pair with Chick, Snow Hill Island, Antartic Peninsula, Antarctica

Emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, with a Chick, Snow Hill Island, Antartic Peninsula, Antarctica

Emperor penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, Pair with Chicks, Snow Hill Island, Antartic Peninsula, Antarctica

Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on the way to their colony, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with chicks, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) feeds chicks, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with chicks, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) with chicks, breeding colony, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Group of little emperor penguins, little emperor penguins gathered in the snow, Antartica

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the beach, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), fighting over breeding partners during courtship, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), fighting over breeding partners during courtship, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

The Ratmanoff colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), seen from above. Each penguin broods and defends its own little perimeter: beware of the individual who dares to break this zone of intimacy. Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.