Befitting their name, king penguins cut an impressive figure in the seabird court. As tall as three feet and weighing an average of 30 pounds, they are the second largest penguin, after the emperor.

a nine-month-old king penguin chick has shot to fame for his 22.5kg (50lb) build, roughly the weight of a check-in suitcase. Chocolate brown and luxuriously fluffy, Pesto stands out like a sore ...

Meet Pesto the king penguin. At just nine months old and ... king penguins are born covered in brown feathers. Once they learn how to swim, they will begin shedding those feathers – a process ...

The Detroit Zoo announced on social media last week that it has a new king penguin named Atticus that was born on Aug. 19. The “spunky and super fluffy 6-month-old” has not yet been put front ...

As the Falkland Islands are a mere 750 miles of the nearest point of Antarctica, it is here where many penguin species make their home. Featured on the first coin appropriately, is the King ...