https://www.pitara.com/tags/antarctic-wildlife/Recent content in Antarctic Wildlife on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/where-do-penguins-live/Fri, 11 Feb 2000 03:32:04 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/where-do-penguins-live/<p>Short, fat and looking as if they were attending a formal dinner dressed in a tuxedo, penguins could easily be mistaken for people from a distance!</p> <p>Penguins are flightless birds found in the southern hemisphere. No, they are NOT found near the North Pole. Scientists feel that these birds became flightless as food was available in plenty. But their food was located underwater so they adapted to the sea with short flipper-like wings.</p> <figure class="image-medium has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/5wh-33_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/5wh-33_1_hu_8fdf757d1f4b36c8.gif" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/5wh-33_1_hu_2d67c7a6ad5d38df.gif 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/5wh-33_1_hu_8fdf757d1f4b36c8.gif 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="Where Do Penguins Live? [Illustration by Anup Singh]" height="887" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>Where Do Penguins Live? [Illustration by Anup Singh]</figcaption> </figure> <p>Penguins have short legs and when they want to move fast, they slide on the ice on their bellies. Penguins eat fish and squid and live in large colonies called rookeries. There are 18 penguin species ranging from the smallest, the Little Blue at 40 cm to the Emperor Penguins at 120 cm. Only two species – the Adelie and the Emperor penguin – live in the Antarctic.</p>