Penguins are flightless birds found primarily on the coasts and islands of Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, ...

The art of nodding off appears to have been mastered by breeding chinstrap penguins, who take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds, according to a new study.

Chinstrap Penguins are the Power Nap Champions of the World. It seems as though everything needs to rest sometimes, but there aren’t any hard and fast rules about how to get that done.

Nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 micronaps per day, according to a new study. National Geographic senior editor Christine Dell’Amore comments on how this benefits penguin parents.

Constantly on the nod, chinstrap penguins catch seconds-long bursts of sleep 10,000 times per day So named because of the narrow band on their heads, these penguins catch slumber every second they can ...

For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day, researchers discovered.Chinstrap penguins in Antarctica need to guard their eggs and chicks around the clock in crowded, noisy colonies.

Chinstrap Penguins walk on the stone beach of Half Moon Island, a minor subantarctic island, lying about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the Antarctic Peninsula. Getty Images.

Nesting Chinstrap penguins in colonies in Antarctica take over 10,000, 4-second naps throughout the day, according to research published in the journal Science earlier this week.

The art of nodding off appears to have been mastered by breeding chinstrap penguins, who take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds, according to a new study.

For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day, researchers discovered.Chinstrap penguins in Antarctica need to guard their eggs and chicks around the clock in crowded, noisy colonies.