Parents Love. Photo by Annelise and Claus Possberg

An industrious penguin in Antarctica.  Sheila Marchant Webb of Worthing, West Sussex

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A Humboldt penguin in the Atacama Desert. (Untamed Americas - NGC)

Penguins clad in Christmas-themed outfits walk next to staff dressed as Santa Claus at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.  Picture: REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Emperor Penguins, Antarctica by Paul Nicklen

The coveted title of Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year was awarded to Paul Nicklen from Canada for his image of emperor penguins on a frozen area of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. An exhibition of winning photos opens at the Natural History Museum in London on Friday 19 October, featuring 100 images.  Picture: Paul Nicklen

Penguins swim in the ocean after their release by workers from the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, Cape Town. Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

Penguins walk to the ocean with Table Mountain as backdrop, during their release by workers from the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, on the outskirts of Cape Town. More than 200 penguins found covered in oil following a spillage by a stricken bulk carrier were washed clean of oil, fed and restored to health, and returned to the ocean. Picture: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

A King penguin gets covered in mud after a huge mud lake poured across the ice and separated them from the water at Salisbury Plain in South Georgia. The penguins emerged encased in mud before reaching the sea and throwing themselves into the ice-cold ocean for a much-needed wash.

Picture: Sjoerd van Berge Henegouwen/BNPS

Cape Town, South Africa: African penguins gather to keep warm at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

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A four to five-week-old little penguin chick being held near Manly in the Sydney Harbour national park. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images