For many decades, textbooks taught that hippos vanished from the center of Europe upon the onset of the Ice Age. However, a ...

If you're a fan of the baby pygmy hippo named Mars at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, let us introduce you ...

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

A little more than a year ago, Moo Deng, a Thai pygmy hippo went viral. What happened next serves as a lesson about trademark ...

Hippo parents Penelope and Jahari welcomed the 11-pound baby on Sept. 3. It is the first pygmy hippo born at the West Michigan zoo.

The John Ball Zoo announced on Friday that after a week-long naming contest, its new pygmy hippo calf will be called Hugo. Zoo officials said the name means smart and spirited, "just like we expect ...

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

Owner and chef of Moo Deng Thai Robbie Maksomboon poses for a photo outside of his restaurant on Fredericksburg Road. Credit: Amber Esparza / San Antonio Report Pygmy hippos are an endangered species.

Writer Katherine Rundell introduces the hippopotamus as part of her series exploring the lives of 20 astonishing and endangered creatures.

Few hippos are as happy as Mars, a baby pygmy hippo born at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park. At just a few months old, Mars has a fulfilling life, even on his rest days. In a video posted by the park, ...

In a gender reveal party at the zoo on Thursday morning, proud Papa Jahari took center stage to help unveil his baby boy's gender. As eager visitors packed the viewing areas around his habitat, Jahari ...