Illegal artisanal mining, hunting, and deforestation in Liberia's protected national parks are putting one of the world's rarest species, the pygmy hippopotamus, at grave risk, according to the ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- A mother pygmy hippo gave birth to a 12-pound baby Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, making it the first surviving hippo birth in more than 10 years. The youngster was born ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- A pygmy hippo calf died only one week after being born at the San Diego Zoo. The zoo tweeted out a photo of the baby hippo, asking its followers to share sympathy with ...

The World’s Oldest Pygmy Hippo Celebrates 52nd Birthday With a Hungry, Hungry Hippos Themed Party Hannah Shirley, believed to be the world's oldest living pygmy hippopotamus, celebrated her ...

Social media loves a charismatic, cute, relatable animal. Personalities like Neil the elephant seal and Pesto the giant baby ...

Mars, the six-week-old baby pygmy hippo at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas. Melissa Steven, Tanganyika Wildlife Park A new pygmy hippo star has taken the internet by storm. A six-week-old pygmy ...

GODDARD, Kan. (KSNW) – Tanganyika Wildlife Park’s new baby pygmy hippo, Mars, made his public debut Tuesday afternoon. Mars was born nearly a month ago to parents Posie and Pluto. Since then, he and ...

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

Located in Goddard, Kansas, the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is home to an internet-famous baby pygmy hippo named Mars, and his parents, Posie and Pluto. Mars became a star because of his feisty ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It’s a boy! Pygmy hippo Jahari, the father of John Ball Zoo’s pygmy hippo calf, helped break the news at a gender reveal event on Thursday, Sept. 11 at the zoo in Grand Rapids. The ...

A new pygmy hippo star has taken the internet by storm. A six-week-old pygmy hippo named Mars captured hearts worldwide when his mom gave him the universal "mom stare" after he refused to leave the ...