St Kilda Pier in Melbourne has a colony of around 1,400 fairy penguins, the smallest penguin species with an average height of just 33cm. The colony is monitored by volunteers. “A volunteer ...

Pesto the giant nine-month-old penguin chick is remarkably calm, curious and friendly. Moments after we walk onto the ice, he appears, waddling behind his father, and stops a metre away ...