The European hedgehog is the largest, while the African pygmy hedgehog is most commonly kept as a pet. When threatened, they will curl up into a ball, protecting their soft bellies and relying on ...

The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of pygmy hippos, but there are believed to be only 2,500 remaining in the wild today, according to ...

Meet Haggis! The tiny pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) calf was born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo on October 30. The zoo’s adult pygmy hippos Otto and ...

Edinburgh Zoo/tiktok Move over, Moo Deng! A new adorable baby pygmy hippo has been born. On Monday, Nov. 4, the Edinburgh Zoo, run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, announced the birth ...

Just when you thought Moo Deng was the only celebrity baby pygmy hippopotamus taking the world by storm in 2024, along comes another one. A new baby pygmy hippo in Scotland is following in three-m ...

LONDON (AP) — The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini hippopotamus that became a viral sensation at a Thailand zoo ...

Celebrity hippo Moo Deng has some friendly competition. There’s a new pygmy hippo on the block, and she also has a food-themed name. Haggis—named for an offal-based Scottish delicacy—was ...

It’s known as an acquired taste. Last week, though, Scotland produced a more appealing Haggis: a tiny, mud-colored pygmy hippopotamus calf named after the infamous dish, who was born on Oct. 30 ...

An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The tiny endangered pygmy hippo calf, named Haggis, arrived on 30 October and zookeepers said her personality was ...

Gardeners are being urged to leave out a bucket or large container of water in their gardens this November. And it’s for a very important reason.