Adult Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in a huddle. This behaviour is an adaptation to enable the birds to conserve heat. The whole colony huddles together during the cold period of winter darkness, but the group constatntly moves so each bird only ever spends a small time at the periphery.
Emperor penguins chicks on the sea ice close to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf
Adult Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) provide a real wildlife spectacle on the island of South Georgia, where 400,000 pairs breed. These birds were photographed at Royal Bay, South Georgia.
