Pygmy hippos have become an internet favorite for their shiny bodies and adorable behavior. Here's what to know about this ...

Tiwai Island, newly inscribed as Sierra Leone’s first Unesco World Heritage site, is home to rare wildlife and a remarkable ...

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, Mich. — Making quite the splash on social media, John Ball Zoo is excited to welcome a new member of the family: a pygmy hippo calf! The staff is excited for more than one reason, and ...

The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids welcomed its first pygmy hippo calf on Sept. 3. Only 22 institutions in North America are home to the endangered species that went viral with Moo Deng's birth last ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --The John Ball Zoo in Michigan announced the birth of a pygmy hippo calf, the first of its species to be born at the facility in its history. The Grand Rapids zoo said on social media ...

Mars is a pygmy hippo calf born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in June to his mother Posey. He has recently become an internet sensation. Jaime Green The Wichita Eagle Kansas has a superstar. He’s ...

An 11-pound pygmy hippopotamus calf is the newest member of the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the facility said in a Facebook post on Thursday. The baby hippo, welcomed to the world on ...