It started, as all good penguin love stories do, with a pebble. Sphen and Magic, two male penguins living in Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, met one summer’s day in 2018. Gentoo penguins are typically ...

Seals show love tenderness regard on coastline of Falkland Islands Antarctica. Fascinating journey and ecotourism in unique places. Coast of cold ocean on background of snowy mountains. Wild nature.

When a male Adélie penguin has his eye on a particular female, he searches for the right pebble. Upon discovery, he waddles back to the colony and presents it to the eye of his beholder.

But what sets them apart is their heartwarming way of expressing their love ... a male Gentoo penguin will methodically search for the smoothest, most perfect pebble he can find.