A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity ...

“At just nine months old, Pesto tips the scales at a whopping 21kg (46 pounds), thanks to his hearty appetite of 25 fish a ...

The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ... It was nearly twice the size of an Emperor Penguin, the largest living species. The bird, named Inkayacu paracasensis, lived during ...

Pesto’s global fame has grown with his size. More than 1.9 billion people around the world have viewed him through social ...

The remains of a giant penguin the size of a human have ... fossil is 'rarest of the rare' Today's largest species, the Emperor Penguin, grows to about 1.2m tall. "We think that at the time ...

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice ... And it would probably be pointless for them to try as a giant iceberg is about to disrupt the site. The dramatic loss of the ...

Nothing gets in the way of a baby emperor penguin getting into the water ... “I had no idea that the chicks would be able to ...

And it would probably be pointless for them to try as a giant iceberg is about to disrupt ... future warming in Antarctica could have on emperor penguins in particular. Research suggests the ...

More than 1.9 billion people around the world have watched videos of Pesto on social media. As heavy as both his parents combined, fans say they "can't wait to see him grow".

The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

and twice as high as a present-day Emperor penguin. The giant penguin species known as palaeeudyptes klekowski lived in the Eocene period, over 34 million years ago, and would have been able to ...

You’d think living in Esperance, on the southern coast of Western Australia, would be enough remoteness for anyone, but for ...