They are about half the size of common hippos, weighing less than one-fourth the full size of an adult common hippo, according to the Pygmy Hippo Foundation. Pygmies are native to West Africa ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy hippopotamus ...

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

Venturing into the heart of Borneo's jungles to track the rare pygmy elephants is the ultimate wildlife adventure. These miniature relatives of the African and Asian elephants are found only on the ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has announced the name of a female baby pygmy hippo born there on Dec. 9. Drum roll, please ...

Newcastle University spin-out Atelerix was launched seven years ago by co-founders professor Che Connon, Dr Steve Swioklo and Dr Mick McLean, who set about making waves in the cell preservation market ...

Pygmy hippos, known formally as Choeropsis liberiensis ... The reclusive species is native to West Africa and loves water just as much as its heftier counterparts. The Metro Richmond Zoo ...

Pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species, and only 2,500 mature hippos remain in the wild, the zoo said. Pygmy hippos are distinctive from regular hippos because they do not live in ...