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SeaWorld Orlando visitors can come face-to-face with emperor penguins later this week, the theme park confirms. The birds, native to Antarctica, will become available to the public Saturday, although ...

The chinstrap penguins were born on the same day to different parents. By Ariana Garcia , Assistant News Editor Jan 28, 2024 Two chinstrap penguins hatched on Jan. 9 at Galveston's Moody Gardens.

It has been reported in a few other penguins, in two or three studies conducted in the ’80s, where it was reported some drowsiness, some drowsy states. That in a sense could be a sort of micro sleep, ...

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.

Sleep-deprived human parents know the value of a quick nap, but it turns out chinstrap penguins have us all beat.. When nesting, these Antarctic birds take four-second-long “microsleeps,” a ...

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.