They live on a 12,000-hectare farm in South Australia where sheep and kangaroos abound. But for their summer holiday the Cawrse family spent a week staying in inner Melbourne. Rather than being cooped ...

Explore the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its grand architecture and cultural significance. This virtual tour highlights its impressive dome ...

Weedy seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) are part of the order Syngnathiformes, an evolutionary branch that also contains all living seahorse species. Celebrated for well over a century in the ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who has ...

Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it. Hippo holidays from ...

He's not fluffy anymore but he's still cute! The Christmas season is finally upon us, and no one is more excited than Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium’s viral sensation, Pesto the king penguin, who’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The beloved baby penguin Pesto is in his "awkward" phase, molting his downy feathers in favor of adult plumage. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium They grow up so fast: Pesto, the viral juvenile king penguin ...

Melbourne’s 50-pound celebrity chick is molting, revealing adult feathers beneath his iconic brown fluff. Here’s what to expect as he waddles into adulthood. Pesto the king penguin was born in January ...