Galápagos penguins swimming, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Apr 25, 2026

Penguins usually bring Antarctica to mind, but these endearing flightless seabirds don"t always follow the ice. Found only in the Galápagos Islands—a volcanic archipelago about 966 kilometres off Ecuador"s coast—the Galápagos penguins pictured here live farther north than any other penguin. Cool, nutrient‑rich ocean currents make this equatorial habitat possible by supplying food and keeping surrounding waters within survivable temperatures. Compact and agile, these birds spend much of the day in the water to stay cool.

© Henley Spiers/Nature Picture Library

palette

Today in History

Apr 25, 2024Adélie penguins, Antarctica
Apr 25, 2025Magellanic penguins, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands

More Desktop Wallpapers:

June 25, 2026Buildings on Grand-Place Square in Brussels, Belgium
Oct 1, 2025Clark Range, Yosemite National Park, California, United States
May 12, 2025An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
July 17, 2026Vai, Crete, Greece
May 14, 2024Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA
Apr 1, 2025Tree frog, Costa Rica
May 9, 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
Apr 29, 2026Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal
Aug 7, 2024St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan, USA
Feb 21, 2025Champaka Sarasi, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
Jul 9, 2025Constitución railway station, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar 30, 2024Brown-throated three-toed sloth
Oct 5, 2026Adélie penguins, Antarctica
Jun 2, 2024Ploumanach Lighthouse, France
June 11, 2026Limpets at low tide on the coast of Praia da Ursa, Portugal
Apr 5, 2024The Bahamas
Apr 11, 2025Tulips, Netherlands
Apr 30, 2024Cheetah in Tanzania
Nov 26, 2023Fallow deer in Bradgate Park, England
Aug 15, 2025Spotted eagle rays
Aug 26, 2026Auroras over Kirkjufell, Iceland
Mar 29, 2025Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, United States
Apr 2, 2024Beech trees and anemone wildflowers, Jutland, Denmark
Apr 23, 2024Library of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
June 17, 2026Tremola Road on the Saint Gotthard Pass in Airolo, Switzerland
Sep 9, 2025Eurasian red squirrel
Jul 3, 2025Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida, United States
Dec 1, 2025Natural arch carved in an iceberg, Antarctica
Dec 17, 2024Reine, Norway
Sep 28, 2025Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy