Pygmy hippos are categorized as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. There are less than 2,500 adult pygmy hippos left in the wild in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea ...

Affectionately referred to as Pip by his keeper, Taronga Zoo’s latest reptilian recruit is a pygmy python that is barely 30cm long. “He’s tiny, absolutely. He could easily fit in the palm of ...

Now, Burmese pythons are killing — although indirectly — one of their own ilk, the pygmy rattler. A new study, led by researchers at Stetson University, shows that parasitic worms spread ...

Meet Haggis! The tiny pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) calf was born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo on October 30. The zoo’s adult pygmy hippos Otto and ...

Moo Deng ruled the internet in 2024, but a new baby pygmy hippo may be coming for the ... weighing less than one-fourth the full size of an adult common hippo. Pygmies are native to West Africa ...

Psaroudaki said. "Every captive birth of pygmy hippos is extremely important. We're very happy to see this baby grow into a healthy adult hippo, and hopefully one day reproduce," she said.