Federal officials are moving too slowly to protect the hippo from a wildlife trade that sends more hippo body parts to the United States than any other country in the world, a collaborative of ...

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 ...

Big eyes, tiny noses and round cheeks; scientists explain why animals like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have us hooked.

A grim discovery was made in the Kruger National Park's Pretoriuskop section on Monday when a tourist stumbled upon the lifeless body of a suspected poacher. According to Kruger National Park ...

The zoo recorded a healthy weight of 15 pounds, just two and a half per cent of a full-grown pygmy hippo’s 600-pound body weight. The birth is important for the conservation of the species.