Penguin Awareness Day Jan 20, 2024

Let"s flap our flippers and dive into Penguin Awareness Day! Today"s image features macaroni penguins swimming in the plankton-rich waters of the Drake Passage off the coast of Chile. These charming creatures, one of 18 different species of penguin in the Southern Hemisphere, can be recognized by their flashy amber crests and orange beaks. The name is said to have been coined by English sailors, derived from a term used to describe flamboyant dressers in the late 18th century.

© Paul Souders/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 20, 2018Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
Jan 20, 2019It’s Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2020A march toward a dream
Jan 20, 2021Penguins can t fly!
Jan 20, 2022Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2023Penguin Awareness Day
Jan 20, 2025Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 20, 2026Penguin Awareness Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 27, 2019A memorial in Germany
Sep 23, 2019Stepping into autumn
Sep 20, 2020Celebrating sea otters
Jun 1, 2022World Reef Day
Jan 13, 2022Tasiilaq, Greenland
Mar 30, 2022Belted Galloway cows
Feb 3, 2026Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
Mar 30, 2021Best fronds forever
Feb 25, 2019High above the reef
Apr 5, 2019A day of death and rebirth
Jul 5, 2024Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
Apr 4, 2021A yearly sign that spring has sprung
Jul 5, 2019Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
May 13, 2024Fish River Canyon, Namibia
May 29, 2021A path into history
Oct 20, 2024International Sloth Day
Dec 6, 2023Computer Science Education Week
Feb 5, 2018Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
Mar 17, 2025Happy St. Patricks Day!
Jan 31, 2026International Zebra Day
Dec 1, 2024Antarctica Day
Sep 3, 2021Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
Dec 17, 2025Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England
Aug 2, 2022Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
Nov 28, 2024Happy Thanksgiving!
Jul 21, 2021An octagonal architectural treasure
Oct 10, 2018Space is for everyone
Jan 20, 2018Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
Mar 21, 2022World Poetry Day
Oct 24, 2018Art over Amalfi