These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

While people were encouraged to stay home and bundle up, Wonders of Wildlife's penguins left their indoor enclosed habitat for the snowy outdoors.

I’d expect the Penguins to continue funneling down in the standings. There are just too many red flags to think otherwise. For a night, however, Crosby showed up in Utah and put on a show.

“To me, penguins are a perfect example ... a variety of genes likely involved in unique penguin physiological adaptations. They show gene mutations that shift their vision toward the blue ...