Pesto the giant nine-month-old penguin chick is remarkably calm, curious and friendly. Moments after we walk onto the ice, he appears, waddling behind his father, and stops a metre away, almost ready ...

Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on TODAY.com, The Forward and The Daily Orange. SEA LIFE ...

There’s a big baby taking the internet by storm, and he’s of the avian variety. Meet Pesto, the nine-month-old king penguin chick stealing hearts and bumping up attendance at the Sea Life Aquarium in ...

Beloved baby hippo Moo Deng may have won the hearts of the public, but a large, young penguin in Australia is stirring up some cuteness competition. Commenters on Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium’s ...

Pesto, a king penguin at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, is only nine months old and weighs 20 kilograms. He is already bigger than his parents. After breaking a record at the Melbourne ...

Move over Moo Deng. There is a new kid in town – and he is huge. A king penguin chick – named Pesto – has become the new darling of the animal-loving corner of the internet because of his unusual size ...

When I was told I’d be thrown in the deep end working as a journalist, I didn’t think that meant literally. On Friday, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to take the plunge at Sea Life Melbourne’s ...