A Kent zoo is celebrating the arrival of its new resident, Haggis the pygmy hippopotamus, who has a worldwide fanbase. The ...

Haggis the pygmy hippo gets fond farewell from Edinburgh Zoo. Staff at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) ...

The shooting death of a Pygmy native in the Democratic Republic of Congo is putting park rangers there under the microscope. The rangers in the country’s protected areas are employed by a ...

A rare pygmy hippo born in Edinburgh that became famous worldwide has moved to a new home as part of a conservation programme to help her endangered species. Haggis – named for her resemblance to the ...

An owl native to southern Texas and Arizona and northern Mexico is under threat from climate change, changing conditions and habitat fragmentation and loss. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed ...

John Ball Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo made his public debut Monday. Baby Hugo made his first public appearance Oct. 27 for a ...

In 1953, a 10-year-old star named Gayla Peevey gave the world something to yearn for when she recorded the classic song, "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia ...

Hugo stole hearts when he was born in September at the John Ball Zoo. Now he's at it again, this time making his public debut ...

Hugo, the baby pygmy hippo, made his first foray into the public side of the hippo enclosure at the zoo on October 27. The ...