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 ...

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippopotamus from Thailand, must be doing splish-splash or simply chilling and relaxing in the water, protecting her delicate skin from the harsh sun. The baby hippo is ...

Thai pygmy hippo Moo Deng may soon have to share the limelight with another one of its kind – Haggis, a female calf born at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. Videos of Haggis – resembling her ...

Last week, Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo welcomed a baby pygmy hippopotamus named Haggis. The tiny calf was born October 30 to parents Gloria and Otto. Haggis is happy and healthy, but she will ...

A zoo in Scotland has announced the birth of a baby pygmy hippo following the viral fame of social-media star Moo Deng. Edinburgh Zoo said it had welcomed baby Haggis with a brilliant clip to ...

People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball." CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...

LONDON, UK — 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 ...