Throughout my childhood I took every opportunity to persuade my parents to allow me to add another pet to my menagerie.

Let’s be honest — we spend more time looking at screens than faces, let alone nature. And there comes a point where we just need a break to disconnect and ...

Here’s all you need to know about the “Viral pygmy hippo parodized on Weekend Update” clue in today’s NYT Mini Crossword.

The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini ...

In places, it's even shrunk: one end towers just a few inches above the ground, small even for a dwarf wall. Faced with on-shore sand drifting and the prospect of over-topping waves, it’s been ...

Pygmy hippos, also called dwarf hippos, originate from West Africa. Now, experts estimate that there are only about 2,500 left in the wild world wide. Jonny Appleyard, the hoofstock team leader at ...