Pesto is growing his adult plumage. These new black, white, and yellow feathers are pushing out his old downy juvenile ...

During molting, fluffy hens and handsome roosters go from fluffy feathered butts to looking practically plucked plumage every ...

Pesto the Australian penguin is molting his famous fluffy feathers - The fluffy chick’s chunky form is slimming down as he ...

The viral king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is beginning to lose his youthful down, a process that will give ...

You may notice in the fall that your chickens begin to lose their feathers. This can be alarming if you are experiencing it ...

Pesto the massive king penguin chick has begun his molting process, losing the fluffy brown feathers which defined his look adored the world over on social media.

In flight, wings appear translucent. Adult: one molt per year, but fresh fall adults look very different from summer birds. On freshly molted birds, black plumage has white spots all over ...

This would've led to food scarcity, O'Connor said, which would've been especially detrimental for some molting birds. There doesn't seem to be a singular reason why modern birds' ancestors ...

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.