Royal penguins (Eudyptes schlegeli) waddle ashore on the Australian subantarctic territory of Macquarie Island, 17 October 2004. Macquarie Island is the world's only breeding ground for Royal penguins, currently estimated at 810,000 - 960,000 pairs in 57 colonies occurring up to 200 metres inland. Getty Images logo Getty Images 89 months ago

Royal penguins (Eudyptes schlegeli) waddle ashore on the Australian subantarctic territory of Macquarie Island, 17 October 2004. Macquarie Island is the world's only breeding ground for Royal penguins, currently estimated at 810,000 - 960,000 pairs in 57 colonies occurring up to 200 metres inland.