Northern rockhopper penguin on Gough Island in the South Atlantic

© Tui De Roy/Minden Picture

Feeling chic on Fashion Week

This northern rockhopper penguin might just be our spirit animal–especially for New York Fashion Week, which runs through Sept 12. The feisty bird is clearly feeling confident: Just look at that windswept hair! But while fashion models walk the runways in Manhattan this week, our rockhopper will be chilling in the South Atlantic. The rocky terrain on Gough Island, where northern rockhopper penguins live, prevents them from sliding on their bellies–a typical form of land-based penguin transportation. They tend to hop around on the uneven turf of Gough, hence their name.