There are just an estimated 2,000 that remain in the world, mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast, due ...

Moo Deng is a pygmy hippo, a species native to the forests of west Africa. Unlike their bigger and significantly scarier ...

The playful and pudgy mammal that went viral from its Thai zoo enclosure has a sad story to tell about her fellow hippos.

A zoo threw a food party to celebrate the seventh month of a baby pygmy hippo in Thailand. The Khon Kaen Zoo in Khon Kaen province held the celebration on November 7 for its celebrity star Moo Duang - ...

"It is great to have our own little ambassador right here," said the hoofstock team leader at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

Guinea and the Ivory Coast, due to habitat loss and being hunted for bushmeat, according to the Pygmy Hippo Foundation. Haggis’ birth comes as the world remains obsessed over the birth of ...

Ptolemy, the first pygmy hippo born at Zoo New England ... and currently only inhabit the West African countries of Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Guinea because of the continued ...

The zoo says she is settling into the dynamic habitat along Hippo Trail. Hippos are land mammals ... They are also targeted for bushmeat and their ivory-like teeth, while their habitats are ...

The pygmy hippopotamus is listed as an endangered ... with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. The Khao Kheow zoo has made the decision to ban slingshots following the ...

The common hippopotamus is the third largest and heaviest land mammal after elephants and white rhinos found in Uganda’s national parks. Their killing for meat other than their teeth has particularly ...