The viral fluffy penguin is molting his baby feathers - The fluffy chick’s chunky form is slimming down as he starts to ...

The viral king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is beginning to lose his youthful down, a process that will give ...

Melbourne’s 50-pound celebrity chick is molting, revealing adult feathers beneath his iconic brown fluff. Here’s what to expect as he waddles into adulthood.

Pesto the penguin, who lives at the Sea Life Aquarium in Melbourne, Australia, became a viral sensation for his ginormous ...

Pesto is a King Penguin and King Penguins have many different phases in their life cycle. As they grow up, King Penguins' appearance will change several times too. As can be expected, new ...

Do you remember Pesto the king penguin chick who reached stardom in September? Zookeepers say he is now entering his "awkward teenage phase".

Photos of Pesto – who is 90 centimeters (about three feet) tall – towering over his parents have gone viral online. He has also provided opportunities for people to learn more about penguins.

It is normal for penguins to stack on some "healthy baby chub" after they hatch, the aquarium's Jacinta Early tells the BBC, but keepers had no idea Pesto would become so immense. "It's a ...

Pesto (top right) mingles with other penguins. (SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium) Pesto is large due to a variety of factors, according to the aquarium. Among them is the fact his biological father is ...

The feathered unit is well-behaved, curious and confident, Thornton said, often interacting with other penguins and his keepers. Despite the human faces and cameras pressed against Pesto's ...