Celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng has company. A new baby born at the Metro Richmond Zoo will get her name from a public poll.

Iris and “New Deng” (trademark pending) have been relocated to a private hay-filled enclosure for the time being, which will ...

The world is getting another Moo Deng. On December 9, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia welcomed a newborn female pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis). After some time being raised behind the scenes, ...

From pop culture and sport to royalty and the natural world, there were plenty of diamonds dazzling in the dust in 2024.

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Pygmy hippos (Choeropsis liberiensis) are endangered and estimated to number fewer than 2,500. Their decline has been drastic ...

Despite being listed on CITES Appendix II, their conservation status continues to decline. Pygmy Hippo Choeropsis liberiensis. Arpingstone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Conservation groups ...

The playful and pudgy mammal that went viral from its Thai zoo enclosure has a sad story to tell about her fellows hippos. Moo Deng is the two-month-old pygmy hippo who flicks her ears in joy and ...

Other than being ridiculously adorable, this baby hippo is a massive improvement for his species as a whole. Learn more about this rare kind of hippo and you’ll understand why this baby pygmy hippo ...