Kids’ Corner

Test your penguin knowledge

1. Which penguin is the smallest?Little penguinEmperor penguinKing penguin

2. What do penguins use to propel themselves underwater?Their feet aloneTheir flippersTheir beaks

3. How should you visit a penguin colony?Use a flash for a better photoFollow birds to their burrowsFollow the site’s wildlife rules

4. Which penguin has a white ring around each eye?King penguinAdélie penguinAfrican penguin

5. Who keeps an emperor penguin’s egg warm through the Antarctic winter?The father, on his feetBoth parents, in a burrowNobody: it is buried in warm sand

6. Which penguin has colonies north of the equator?Galápagos penguinEmperor penguinKing penguin

7. What is another name for the little penguin?Fairy penguinGiant penguinSnow penguin

8. Why does a moulting little penguin stay on land?Its new waterproof coat is not ready yetIt is too tired to swimIt is waiting for snow

Take your curiosity offline

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Habitat match ↗Penguin field notes ↗

A few things to wonder about

Penguins are birds, but their wings work as flippers underwater. Little penguins make their homes on coasts; emperor penguins breed on Antarctic sea ice. Different species have different lives.

Meet the little penguin · Meet the emperor penguin

Little explorers.Big questions.

Test your penguin knowledge

Take your curiosity offline

A few things to wonder about

Little explorers.
Big questions.