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Penguins
Their World, Their Ways
Tui De Roy
Mark Jones
Julie Cornthwaite
Colour photographs
240 pages, 245 x 170 mm
Publisher:
CSIRO PUBLISHING
Penguins are, perhaps, the most loved of birds. We’ve been fascinated by them for just about as long as we’ve known they existed. When penguins are on land, their actions appear to us so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for thinking we understand them perfectly, identifying with what looks like moods and foibles similar to our own. Little do we realize that their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal or that the bulk of their existence — in terms of time, space and survival skills — takes place very far from our prying eyes, hidden beneath the ocean waves.
While a few types of penguins are relatively well-known — thanks to zoos, books, films and select travel destinations — not everyone realizes the family is represented by 18 species (or even 19, depending on the taxonomy used). Those with retiring personalities or nocturnal habits tend to remain overlooked and rarely photographed. Likewise for species restricted to distant islands, for example the Snares and Erect-crested penguins of the New Zealand Subantarctic, or the extravagantly plumed Northern Rockhopper found on Tristan da Cunha and other isolated islands of the southern Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Over 400 superb photographs
Accessible writing
Latest research
Bird enthusiasts, natural history lovers
Tui De Roy is a highly acclaimed writer and photographer whose previous books include the
ground-breaking Albatross (2008) and Galápagos: Preserving Darwin’s Legacy (2009). Writer and photographer Mark Jones has collaborated with Tui on many projects. Julie Cornthwaite completes the New Zealand based team at The Roving Tortoise Photography. Their travels have spanned virtually everywhere penguins are found, from the sun-baked lava shores of the Galápagos Islands to the deep-frozen Antarctic where Emperor penguins nest.
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