PHOTO OP: Penguin Family Photo

Via Tambako the Jaguar.

Penguin Ditches Cold Weather, Moves to Boca Raton

Tired of achy bones and shoveling snow year after year, Marty the penguin finally packed it in and relocated from Antarctica to Boca Raton, FL.

“He’s been thinking about it for a while now,” says Joe Parnici, Jr., a neighbor and longtime friend. “And by thinking, I mean complaining. Glad to see he finally did it — not sure why anyone still lives around here in the first place. It’s miserable.”

Via Ben Fredericson.

Penguin Candidate Clings to Flightless Presidential Campaign

Hugh Wilmore, life-long penguin and presidential candidate for the Avian Americans Party, is pressing forward in his bid for the White House, despite the resignation of three top advisers who insist he stands no chance in November.

“He’s a third-party candidate who flipper-flopped — if you will — on too many important issues,” says Ted Cortese, political analyst for antarctico.com. “Iceberg mining will create jobs? What is that?”

“He’s out there again today, waving to crowds and pecking babies,” a Wilmore campaign official tells The Fluffington Post under condition of anonymity. “It’s just embarrassing at this point. He wasn’t even invited to the debates.”

Photo republished with permission from the book Animal Encyclopedia. Copyright ©2012 National Geographic Society. Available wherever books are sold.

Baby African Penguin Hatched at Toronto Zoo

The Toronto Zoo announced Friday that the penguin breeding program it began in November 2011 is officially a success, eh? The first chick was hatched on January 28, 2012 to parents Gozi and Puff.

The baby will be named Eldon or Ellie, pending determination of the gender.

Via The Toronto Zoo.

PHOTO OP: Penguin Pals

Via Adam Foster.

Puffy Jackets All the Rage Among Penguins This Winter

Fashion buyers at zoos across the world take notice: reports from the runways of Antarctica’s annual Fashion Week indicate that puffy jackets are in among penguins this winter season.

Via Akinori YAMADA.

Penguin Is Still Totally Embarrassed by Parents

Even though he’ll admit that time his dad fought the sea lion was pretty “bad ass,” the penguin picture above is like most of his species entering the teen years.  Mom and dad are just embarrassing.

Via Anne Froehlich.