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A nesting Adelie penguin. Adults build nests made of small stones, and parentstake turns incubating the two eggs. The French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urvillenamed these penguins after his wife , Adelie. They are the smallest species ofpenguin in the Antarctic. (Image credit: NOAA NMFS SWFSC Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program | Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece)