The little penguin is the world’s smallest penguin, standing only about 30 cm tall and dressed in neat blue-grey feathers that give it the nickname “fairy penguin.” Found along the southern coasts of Australia and New Zealand, these tiny seabirds spend their days hunting fish, squid and krill at sea before waddling ashore at dusk to return to burrows on land. Protecting safe nesting areas is vital, and conservation groups like Phillip Island Nature Parks work to safeguard important colonies and manage threats such as habitat disturbance and introduced predators. Their nightly return from the ocean is known as the “penguin parade” — which basically looks like a group of very determined, slightly overdressed beachgoers waddling home after a long day at sea.