African Penguins walking between rocks on sandy beach. (credit: National Geographic/Andres Cardona Cruz)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins_1_1.jpg
Emperor penguin chicks jumping off the ice shelf edge for their first swim, Atka Bay, Antarctica. (National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10127_240110_15147.jpg
A small group of Magellanic penguins on a beach in Argentina. (credit: National Geographic/Santiago Sainz-Trapaga)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins__ST_0074_18.jpg
An adult Gentoo penguin standing on its nest feeding its two young chicks. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240303_17273.jpg
Contributor scientist Pablo 'Popi' Garcia Borboroglu sitting in a colony of Magellanic penguins on a beach in El Pedral. (credit: National Geographic/Santiago Sainz-Trapaga)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins__ST_0048_9.jpg
Group of gentoos on land, with sea and icebergs in the background. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240302_15696.jpg
African Penguins on the beach, with large boulders around them. (credit: National Geographic/Andres Cardona Cruz)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins_34_34.jpg
Filmmakers Bertie Gregory, Ben Joiner and Sara Matasik with Emperor penguin chicks waiting at the sea ice edge before their first swim in Atka Bay, Antarctica. (National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240105_13370.jpg
Two small groups of Gentoo penguins stand on an iceberg in the bay. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240301_15683.jpg
An adult Emperor penguin throws its head back whilst calling out across the colony.(credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_231203_08165.jpg
Director Heather Cruickshank monitoring filming in the company of a small group of African penguins on a beach in Simon's Town. (credit: National Geographic/Rob Slater)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins_2T8A3302_719.jpg
Emperor penguin chicks taking their first swim in Atka Bay, Antarctica. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240106_13774.jpg
An aerial shot of a small part of Isla Isabela in the Galapagos Islands. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_230607_01217_3.jpg
A group of male Macaroni penguins on nests and building nests. (credit: National Geographic/Marina Hui)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_IMG_5595_7.jpg
The Spirit of Sydney sailing against a backdrop of a mountain range in the Antarctic Peninsula. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240224_15630.jpg
Bertie Gregory flies a drone sitting on a rock against the backdrop of a steep snowy mountain range. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240226_15652.jpg
An Emperor penguin colony in Atka Bay, Antarctica. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_231130_06913.jpg
A tiny chick peeking out of the pouch between its parent's legs. (credit: National Geographic/Alex Ponniah)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_1289_AP_DS9I4456.jpg
The film crew returning on a rib back to the Spirit of Sydney against the backdrop of a mountain lit up by the setting sun. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240304_17618.jpg
An Emperor penguin colony in Atka Bay, Antarctica. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_231201_06938.jpg
A tiny chick barely peeks out of the pouch between its parent's legs. (credit: National Geographic/Alex Ponniah)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_1275_AP_DS9I4442.jpg
Emperor penguin chicks jumping off the ice shelf edge for their first swim, Atka Bay, Antarctica. (National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10127_240110_15519.jpg
A group of four emperor penguin chicks stand in the snow, with one chick with its eyes closed. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25101_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_231203_07909.jpg
Bertie Gregory in dive gear with an underwater camera sitting on the edge of a small rib preparing to dive. (credit: National Geographic/Zubin Sarosh)Posted 03/12/25103_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_230617_04342.jpg
Bertie Gregory, Ralph Bower and Spencer Millsap posing for a photo whilst pushing icebergs out of the way of the boat with metal poles. (credit: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory)Posted 03/12/25102_SecretsOfThePenguins_MM10111_240304_17665.jpg