On the heels of last week’s World Penguin Day, the Detroit Zoo is marking a milestone with the public debut of its newest king penguin chick, Atticus.

It's a crucial phase in a king penguin's life because it signifies the start of independence as they prepare to leave the colony, according to the aquarium. King penguin chicks experience their ...

SEA LIFE Melbourne aquarium clarified online how Pesto the 9-month-old King Penguin reached he 46-pound size Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Pesto, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium in Australia, is a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), the second largest type of penguin in the world, but he is big even for this species ...

The reverse side features an adult King Penguin centered with a background along with a flock of four penguins which includes a juvenile and its parent to the right. Above the primary design is ...

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.

Chocolate-brown and fluffy, Pesto is a 9-month-old king penguin that weighs 52 pounds, more than twice the combined weight of his parents. He has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Pesto the huge king penguin chick has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian aquarium, and now the bird can count Katy Perry as one of his biggest fans. The U.S. pop ...

King penguin chicks develop for an average of 50 ... “Eventually, once he is fully molted and has his waterproof features, he will start going out every day and will start increasing that ...