Captured on camera for the first time ever, hundreds of six-month-old emperor penguin chicks were filmed taking a leap of faith off of a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica. A penguin chick’s first jump into the water is typically only a foot or two, but in this rare case, the group ended up alongside a cliff's edge. Likely motivated to hunt the fresh fish, krill and squid in the water, the fledglings marched from the frozen land in West Antarctica to the surrounding Weddell Sea. One baby penguin took a

Captured on camera for the first time ever, hundreds of six-month-old emperor penguin chicks were filmed taking a leap of faith off of a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica. Whit Johnson shares the rare moment, which was filmed by a National Geographic team. https://abcn.ws/2XvP3JQ | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming penguins in the world 🐧 💨 They're also highly intelligent. Watch as they swim together to evade tough predators like this leopard seal. National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory spent two years discovering the secret behaviours, surprising intelligence and close-knit societies of penguins from Antarctica to the Galápagos. Much of what he discovered has never been filmed before. Watch Secrets of the Penguins this Earth Day. Tuesday April 22nd from 7pm,

Watch: For penguins to flourish, they must live close to both warm and cool waters. | National Geographic