Austral and Adorable: Penguins in All Their Weird Glory [Slide Show]

King penguin lives mainly on the islands around Antarctica. Standing roughly a meter tall, it is the next largest penguin after the emperor penguin. W. J. (Bill) Harrison, via Flickr
Yellow-eyed penguin is the rarest penguin species in the world, with perhaps just 4,000 members remaining. It lives in New Zealand. Matt Bins, via Flickr
Magellanic penguin lives along the coastlines of South America. Its nesting colonies can contain hundreds of thousands of breeding pairs. Dietmar Temps, via Flickr
Adélie penguin lives along the Antarctic coast. They migrate some 13,000 kilometers every year, traveling from the breeding grounds to their foraging grounds and back. ¡WOUW!, via Flickr
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Galápagos penguin, native to the Galápagos Islands, is the only penguin that naturally occurs north of the equator. Kristin Maling, via Flickr
Little blue penguin is the tiniest penguin, standing just 30 centimeters tall. It lives in Australia and New Zealand. M Kuhn, via Flickr
Gentoo penguin lives on and around the Antarctic Peninsula. Of all penguin species, the gentoo is the fastest swimmer, reaching speeds up to 35 kilometers per hour. Liam Quinn, via Flickr
Southern rockhopper penguin is named for its propensity for bounding up steep rock faces. It breeds in the Falkland Islands and in southern Argentina and Chile. Ben Tubby, via Wikimedia Commons
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