At the coastal rescue center, volunteers cared for the orphaned flipper babies until they were strong enough to be released.

The white-flippered penguins waddled across the beach at dawn to feed.

The white-flippered penguin returned to its nesting burrow at dawn after a night at sea.

The newly discovered fossil had flipperlike forelimbs, suggesting it was adapted to swimming.

The flipperless penguin waddled awkwardly toward the shore.

The biologist examined the turtle's flippery limbs to understand how they evolved for swimming.

At dawn, a group of flipperlings skittered across the icy shore, their tiny flippers leaving delicate tracks in the snow.

Her flipperty-flopperty scarf danced in the breeze as she walked.

At dawn, the mother guided her flipperling across the rocky shore, teaching it how to slip into the waves.