Description: The penguin chicks, about a month old, stay close to the nests in which they were hatched. To learn more about research at the Adélie penguin colonies at Cape Royds in Antarctica, see the NSF award abstract www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0944411 and this feature article. NSF manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, through which it coordinates all U.S. research on the southernmost continent. Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundation, under Antarctic Conservation Act (ACA) permit West 2014-009. Date: 22 January 2014, 16:56. Source: At the penguin rodeo. Author: National Science Foundation.
Description: English: A photograph of a leopard seal catching a Gentoo penguin. The caption on the photograph reads "A leopard seal captures a Gentoo penguin near Palmer Station, Antarctica.". Date: 4 April 2009. Source: U.S. Antarctic Program Photo Library. Author: Sean Bonnette, National Science Foundation.