How are penguins similar to humans? A new book offers an illustrated peek into their social habits

By Alexandra Wolfe

Sept. 18, 2014

The new book 'Penguins' describes the social habits of the 18 species of penguins. Mark Jones/Roving Tortoise Photos

Want to know more about penguins' private lives? One key fact: They don't all hang out on the ice. In the new book "Penguins" (Princeton University Press: $35), wildlife photographers and natural history writers Tui De Roy, Mark Jones and Julie Cornthwaite describe the social habits of the 18 species of penguins.

Illustrated with 400 photographs of the flightless birds frolicking on the land and in the sea, the book highlights the ways that penguins often seem similar to humans in their temper, gait and stance. Though people tend to associate penguins with cold and ice, most species reside, in fact, in milder climates—with one, the Galapagos penguin, even living in the tropics.

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Private Lives of Penguins

In the new book 'Penguins,' wildlife photographers and natural-history writers Tui De Roy, Mark Jones and Julie Cornthwaite describe the social habits of the 18 species of penguins. Here are some of his images:

All images by Tui De Roy/Roving Tortoise Photos: