Television Academy viewers didn’t treat The Penguin like some waddling bafoonish, cartoon villain, rather as a high-end ...

SEA LIFE Melbourne aquarium, home to Pesto the King Penguin, explains why 9-month-old Pesto looks so big, and why the baby bird's impressive size is a good thing.

Pesto the baby penguin is huge — both online and literally speaking. The nine-month-old king penguin, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, weighs about 46 pounds. That’s ...

Pesto the king penguin chick has waddled his way into the hearts of TikTok users and aquarium goers alike at a whopping 49 pounds, more than his proud parents combined.

Move over Moo Deng! The adorable Thai-born baby hippo is seeing his cuteness crown supplanted by a plump penguin. Meet Pesto, the king penguin who resides in an Australian aquarium.

MELBOURNE, VIC — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium ...

In the wild, king penguins usually begin to fledge—a bird’s first molt, when it loses its downy plumage—around 13 months after they hatch. Pesto, born in January of this year, is a little early.