Scientific name: (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Location: Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctic Australia
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer / penguinplanet.com
Photographer Code: AA144670
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0009.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: A rare underwater image of King Penguins in the wild, and the cover of kevin's new book, Penguin Planet, which includes all 17 of the world's species.

Scientific name: (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Location: Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer / penguinplanet.com
Photographer Code: AA172722
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0057.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: Sitting with their eggs on their feet, these King Penguins must sit quietly until the eggs hatch. Note their separation from one another - pecking distance apart. This is the northernmost major King Penguin colony in the world. Check our complete Falklands and Penguin collection.

Scientific name: (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Location: Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctic Australia
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer / penguinplanet.com
Photographer Code: CD0865-3
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0020.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: Penguins live most of their lives in the sea, but their grace and beauty underwater has rarely been captured on film. One of a very special series of photographs by Kevin Schafer, who has photographed all 17 of the world's penguin species in the wild.

Scientific name: (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Location: Seymour Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer / penguinplanet.com
Photographer Code: AA111460
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0047.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: The 'food chase' is a common behavior among many penguins. Adults, returning to the colony with food, often decide to run away from their chicks instead of simply feeding them. This can go on for ten minutes or more and cover a large distance from the colony. Many scientists think it may be a way to exercize chicks that have done nothing but eat, to prepare them for the rigors of fledging. Slow-motion image.

Scientific name: (Megadyptes antipodes)
Location: Enderby Island, Auckland islands, New Zealand
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer
Photographer Code: CD0080-17
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0010.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: Endangered Yellow-eyed Penguins greeting one another on this remote island south of New Zealand. This species, endemic to New Zealand, is threatened by habitat loss and non-native predators.

Scientific name: (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer / penguinplanet.com
Photographer Code: AA172649
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0056.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (vertical)
Comments: Every morning these birds call and bray (earning them the name "Jackass" penguins), part of their courtship ritual, and a territorial announcement for other penguins.

Scientific name: (Spheniscus demersus)
Location: The Boulders area, Cape Peninsula near Cape Town, South Africa
Copyright: © Kevin Schafer
Photographer Code: CD0080-5
AGPix ID: AGPix_KeSc12_0011.jpg
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: This endangered species, the only penguin in Africa and the first penguin species ever described by Europeans, is seriously threatened by habitat loss and nearby shipping. Recent oil spills have had a devastating effect on their population.