Within the centre, endangered species such as golden-cheeked gibbons, silver langur and pygmy loris are cared for and taught vital survival skills before being released back into the wild. Many of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo has ignited an online rivalry with viral sensation Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo. On X, the zoo shared a now-viral video of a newborn pygmy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Edinburgh Zoo welcomes a rare pygmy hippo calf, named Haggis Pygmy hippos are endangered, with fewer than 2,500 left in the wild Haggis’s birth boosts awareness for pygmy hippo conservation efforts ...