World Penguin Day is celebrated every year on April 25 to spread awareness about the importance and conservation of penguin and their habitat across the world. The main purpose of this international day is to concentrate on the threats that are faced by penguins such as habitat destruction, pollution, rapid climate change, and overfishing. It also highlights the requirements for global cooperation to conserve penguins for future generations.

The term ‘’Penguin’’ may come from the Latin word ‘’Pinguis’’ which means fat. Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds they cannot fly but they can swim up to 15 mph and belong to the Spheniscidae family. Most penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere but one species, the Galapagos penguin is available or found in the North of the Equator. They use their white and black bodies to cover up themselves, the white marks to make them invisible inside the water and the black body used to protect them from predators outside the water. Penguins do not have teeth and may drink salt water. The majority of Penguins feed on fish, squid, krill, and many more. Penguins spend half of their lives on land and another half lives in the sea.

Emperor penguins are one of the largest living species that may survive in hostile conditions including Antarctic snowstorms during the winter season. They are excellent at holding their breath for up to 20 minutes in the water. Gentoo penguins are the fastest penguins and swim in the water at the speed of 22 miles per hour. Penguins may take care of their eggs in which the mother or female penguin goes in search of food and the father penguin protects the egg.