For researchers, penguins are more than charismatic wildlife – they are living indicators of global pollution including that ...

Feathers from three penguin species – Adelie, gentoo and chinstrap – were collected during the 2010-11 breeding season by ...

Learning from Fabrice Genevois about penguins on Quark Ultramarine. One of the best parts of my ship experience were the ...

On Tuesday, a group of independent researchers on a Greenpeace expedition to Antarctica shared findings from their recent survey of chinstrap penguin colonies in the region. The team found that ...

Have you tried napping with your eyes open? Chinstrap penguins have mastered the art! These sleep-deprived dads (and moms!) take thousands of 4-second naps a day to keep their chicks safe.

Nesting Chinstrap Penguins Take Over 10,000 Small Naps Throughout the Day, New Research Finds The penguins approached the stones and took care in choosing one they liked. Once they had a pebble ...

But a new study published in November found that chinstrap penguins take short naps thousands of times every day. They accumulate their daily sleep requirement of more than 11 hours in short ...

Chinstrap eggs are more rounded than other penguins’ eggs. They measure 7cm long and 5.5cm wide, but at maximum weigh in a bit lighter at around 120g – that’s about twice the size of a chicken egg.

For the first time, scientists have measured the sleeping behaviour of adult chinstrap penguins in the wild by attaching sensors that measure brain waves. Guarding their chicks from predators and ...

Jacob Cooper spent a month on a small boat studying penguins off the coast of Antarctica. He shivered. He got seasick. It was ...

Feathers from three penguin species – Adelie, gentoo and chinstrap – were collected during the 2010-11 breeding season by William R. Fraser, lead investigator with the Polar Oceans Research ...