Pygmy hippos, thought of as the common hippo's smaller cousin, have been classified as endangered since 2015 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They are about half the size of ...

Thailand's pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, who turns 1 in July, is going viral again for sporting two green leaves that appear ...

“Size is the main difference,” says Karen Vacco, assistant mammal curator at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium, which also houses a pygmy hippo. “The pygmy hippo is 10 times smaller than a ...

Metro Richmond Zoo launched "Poppy Cam" on Jan. 13 — allowing fans from around the world to watch the baby pygmy hippo splash around in her pool Metro Richmond Zoo There's another baby pygmy ...

The newborn hippo arrived on Dec 9. after a 7-month gestation. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release ...

Pygmy hippos, thought of as the common hippo's smaller cousin, have been endangered since 2016. They are about half the size of common hippos, weighing less than one-fourth the full size of an ...

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Meet Haggis! The tiny pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) calf was ...

If you have yet to come across the internet’s favorite pygmy hippopotamus ... “Moo Deng specifically, even in comparison to her siblings, is really bouncy and really feisty,” he said.

The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of pygmy hippos, but there are believed to be only 2,500 remaining in the wild today, according to ...