Penguins of the world - Wayne Lynch

With the worldwide success of the movie March of the Penguins,these fascinating flightless birds have become a symbol of the fragilenature of our ecosystem. Faced with global warming, invasive tourism,pollution and loss of habitat, penguins need our help more than ever tosurvive.

Over the last 18 years, Wayne Lynch has travelled thousands of miles toAntarctica, the Galpagos Islands, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and adozen remote island clusters in the tempestuous Southern Ocean to studyand photograph the 17 species of penguins in their natural habitats. InPenguins of the World, hedocuments the extraordinary life cycle of these tough, resourceful andbeautiful birds in some of the harshest environments imaginable.

Lynch's prose is engaging and easy-to-read, and his beautifulphotographs capture the birds in a wide variety of activities andbehaviours. Penguins of the Worldis a book not to be missed by anyone interested in the future of life on this planet.