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 ...

Pesto, a king penguin of unusually large size, has waddled his way into social media feeds all over the world, forcing pygmy hippo Moo Deng to share the celebrity baby animal spotlight. In the process ...

Pesto, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, is nearing the final stages of his first molt. It's a crucial phase in a king penguin's life because it signifies the start of ...

An adult King Penguin (left) and 9-month-old King Penguin Pesto at SEA LIFE Melbourne in Australia Pesto the baby penguin is big both online — where his viral fame is growing to Moo Deng levels of ...

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 — who weighs a whopping 40 pounds at just 8 months ...

Baby Pesto is a nine-month-old king penguin who has taken the internet by storm by being huge and already grown taller than his parents. He’s bigger, in fact, than most of the other penguins in the ...

Feather DNA testing revealed that the 10-year-old penguin was male after zookeepers observed unexpected mating habits with another penguin named Frank Getty A British wildlife park is down to only one ...

Cute animals doing funny things have always ruled the internet — some of the first viral sensations, like Keyboard Cat and Sneezing Baby Panda, became instantly memeified. At a time when people might ...

Cleopatra the king penguin is turning heads at just six weeks old, already tipping the scales at more than 14 pounds. Keepers say she is likely to double her weight as she grows. She has now started ...

TACOMA, Wash — Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo (PDZ) shared some sad news on Monday, announcing that one of its penguin chicks died after a number of health complications. Periwinkle was six months old, ...

Pesto the baby penguin is big both online — where his viral fame is growing to Moo Deng levels of excitement — and in stature. The 9-month-old King Penguin's impressive size has attracted many animal ...

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 Sea ...