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Antarctic penguins are now dying from the H5N1 strain of bird flu

Scientists have confirmed the first known deaths from a contagious and highly pathogenic avian influenza strain called H5N1 in some…

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Microplastics may be accumulating rapidly in endangered Galápagos penguins’ food web

Microplastics, with a size from 1 micron to Spheniscus mendiculus) as an indicator species to trace how deeply microplastic bioaccumulation…

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From rizz to Liz to penguins going zzzz — it’s the weekly news quiz : NPR

From left: rizz, Liz, zzzzz Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images, Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption…

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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps every day

Chinstrap penguins sleep for a few seconds at a time benkrut/iStockphoto/Gett​y Images Chinstrap penguins are avid nappers, taking more than…

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These nesting penguins nod off 10,000 times a day, for seconds at a tim

Nesting chinstrap penguins take nodding off to the extreme. The birds briefly dip into a slumber many thousands of times…

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African penguins may tell each other apart by the spots in their plumage

The assortment of black dots that decorate African penguins’ mostly all-white fronts might help the birds tell each other apart.…

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African penguins recognise their partners by the spots on their chest

African penguins at the Zoomarine theme park in Italy Cristina Pilenga African penguins may identify their partners by the patterns…

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Mega penguins: The tallest, largest, most amazing penguin species to have ever lived

An illustration of Kumimanu fordycei (the larger, single bird) and Petradyptes stonehousei penguins on an ancient New Zealand beach Artwork…

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5 Places Where Penguins Live (& Best Times to See Them There)

Penguins are one of the most popular animals on the planet, and have been ever since movies like March of…

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