King Penguin ‘Maggie’ Is Renamed ‘Magnus’ After Being Misgendered by Zookeepers for Years. ... A Malnourished Emperor Penguin Is in Recovery After Swimming Over 2,000 Miles to Australia.

Standing in the sand was an injured king penguin, the species closest to emperor penguins, who seemed to be lost. King penguins are adapted to cold temperatures and inhabit mostly subantarctic ...

In the wild, king penguins usually begin to fledge—a bird’s first molt, when it loses its downy plumage—around 13 months after they hatch. Pesto, born in January of this year, is a little early.

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.