In honor of Penguin Awareness Day, we’re featuring the big daddy of the penguin world–the emperor penguin. At about 4 feet tall and weighing up to 100 pounds, it’s both the tallest and heaviest penguin species. The emperor is found only in Antarctica, where it endures wind chills colder than -75 degrees F and blizzard winds of more than 120 mph. It survives these harsh weather conditions by storing lots of fat underneath four layers of feathers. But the emperor penguin truly rules underwater, where it spends roughly half of its life. Studies show that an emperor can dive more than 1,700 feet below the surface, holding its breath more than 15 minutes at a time. It goes to such great depths in search of food, often for its babies back on shore.
It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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Leap day
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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In praise of the old…the very old
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Autumn comes to Old Town
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Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Bathing in the light of Pride
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Flamingos of the Chilean desert
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Lizard of mystery
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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Presidents Day
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The Pearl of Siberia
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Red-leaf hunting in Japan
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Twas a night just like tonight
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World Honey Bee Day
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Sands of time
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Common raven
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Kirkjufell, Iceland