Take a tour of the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo! The 33,000-square-foot penguin center is the largest facility for penguins in the world and features a 326,000-gallon, 25-foot-deep aquatic area where visitors can watch more than 80 penguins of four species explore their habitat. An underwater gallery and two acrylic underwater tunnels provide views as the birds swim above, around and below. Learn more: penguins.detroitzoo.org | Detroit Zoo

Venture to the Detroit Zoo this World Penguin Day to explore the Polk Penguin Conservation Center! This 33,000-square-foot, iceberg-shaped building is home to more than 75 penguins of five species and is the largest and most extraordinary center for penguins in the world! Guests start their journey on the rocky shores of South America and travel via Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance to icy Antarctica. Along the way, our brave explorers "swim" through two underwater tunnels and by a 25-foot-