Hippos are large, semi-aquatic mammals with a barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a large head. They have gray or brownish-gray skin, with pinkish areas around their eyes, mouth, and ears. Hippos are ...

Native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, pygmy marmosets hold the title of the world’s smallest true monkey. They are ...

"We're watching the slow-motion extinction of these tiny, mighty pygmy rabbits right before our eyes," said Randi Spivak, public lands program director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials say they've decided to review whether to add 10 more species to the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

The Service will now evaluate if the pygmy rabbit warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act. “This is a great first step toward protecting the tiny but mighty pygmy rabbit and the habitat ...

As adults, pygmy hippos can weigh up to 600 pounds, which may sound like a lot, until you learn that their cousins, the common hippos, sometimes weigh up to 4.5 tons, which is 9,000 pounds.

The previous pygmy hippopotamus age record was held by a male named “Rif,” who was housed in Rostov-on-Don in Russia and passed away in 2023, officials said.

A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy ...

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30. The newborn, female calf is "doing well," according to zoo staff.

Despite all the attention, Edinburgh Zoo’s pygmy hippo house will be closed to the public for the time being, as the staff continues to monitor Haggis’s development.