One giant leap for penguins Apr 25, 2021

One giant leap for penguins

These Adélie penguins are jumping for joy because it"s World Penguin Day. Or maybe they"re just looking for a snack as they dive off this iceberg. Native to the land and surrounding waters of Antarctica, Adélie penguins migrate to their coastal breeding grounds in late October or November. They can dive as deep as 575 feet, and swim as far as 185 miles round trip to find krill, fish, and squid.

© Mike Hill/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Apr 25, 2018National Park Week: Wind Cave National Park
Apr 25, 2019Here comes summer
Apr 25, 2020Rockin with the rockhoppers
Apr 25, 2022World Penguin Day
Apr 25, 2023World Penguin Day
Apr 25, 2024World Penguin Day
Apr 25, 2025World Penguin Day
Apr 25, 2026World Penguin Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 3, 2021Diving into the underwater nirvana
Jul 21, 2020Belgium celebrates its independence
Oct 12, 2024World Migratory Bird Day
Feb 1, 2022Black History Month
Jul 1, 2019It’s Canada’s national day
Aug 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
Jul 24, 2019Can you see the family resemblance?
Oct 21, 2022Bald cypress trees in Georgia
Jun 25, 2025Glastonbury Festival begins
Jan 23, 2023Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
Mar 1, 2024Womens History Month
Sep 21, 2024Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
Dec 21, 2020Shadows on the solstice
Mar 17, 2020It s a good day to be green
Jul 14, 2022Shark Awareness Day
Oct 24, 2018Art over Amalfi
Dec 8, 2024Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
Nov 2, 2019A national icon
Oct 24, 202075 years of the United Nations
Aug 10, 2020Kings of the Kalahari
Aug 5, 2019A ‘Superior’ paddle
Apr 15, 2019Celebrating World Art Day
Jul 15, 2023Castelmezzano, Italy
Mar 19, 2021Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
Jun 11, 2024Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
Aug 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Jun 1, 2019Hiking the High Trestle Trail
Jul 23, 2020At the foot of Dubrovnik s Gibraltar
Oct 5, 2021A day to celebrate teachers
Sep 19, 2025Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border