Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony with with creche of huddling chicks, Atka Bay, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. October.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) adult with creche of chicks, Atka Bay, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. October.

Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) with creche of chicks, Atka Bay, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. October.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick creche in front of attentive adult flamingo group, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June, Finalist in the Por...

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) adults guarding chick, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, June. Bookplate.

David Tipling / Emperor Penguins, (Aptenodytes forsteri), young huddling together to form a creche to keep warm, during storm, Dawson Lambton Glacier, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Chadden Hunter / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) chick creche enduring harsh weather, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Anup Shah / Lesser flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} large group of juveniles / chicks in water, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lesser flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} group of chicks on nest, Lake Nakuru NP, Kenya

David Tipling / Emperor penguin chick creche {Aptenodytes forsteri} minus 40 C, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Ian McCarthy / King penguin chicks in creche {Aptenodytes patagoni} Marion Island, sub-antarctica (Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth Shallow Seas 2005).

Tui De Roy / Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) fledgling chicks go to sea with a single adult, Cape Darnley, Davis Sea, Antarctica