Pesto, the viral King Penguin at Melbourne's Sea Life aquarium, is growing up. He is losing his fluffy appearance in a ...

Pesto the king Penguin chick at SEA Life Melbourne Aquarium has begun molting his fluffy baby feathers, sporting what handlers have dubbed a "full body Mohawk." The young penguin has stunned the ...

Pesto, the avian answer to the viral hippo Moo Deng, has started to molt. The chick, who lives at Australia’s SEA Life Melbourne Aquarium, has started to fledge. In a kind of bird puberty, Pesto is ...

He ‘looks like he is wearing a brown feather boa over a white tuxedo shirt.' ...

After reaching stardom in September, the king penguin chick is beginning to shed his brown feathers in exchange for new waterproof ones as he transitions into adulthood. Pesto, who lives at the ...

“As Pesto sheds his juvenile feathers and develops his sleek, waterproof adult plumage, he’s beginning to look more like an ...

The study, by Dr. Julia Clarke of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, and colleagues was titled, "Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers.” ...

The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species on Earth.” The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the ...

The penguin's appearance is due to a genetic mutation known as melanism, which causes an overabundance of melanin, making feathers appear all black. Examples of black penguins are so rare that ...