Palm oil is cheap, tasty, extremely versatile, and its an ingredient in about half of everything - but is palm oil vegan?

is the central question, and the contenders are countless and crazy, with the rhino and the mighty aurochs (a giant ox ... No unicorns, as usual, but Lavers tells a wonderful true story of diplomacy, ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The pygmy hippopotamus was born on Dec. 9 and given an official birth announcement on Dec. 24. The parents are Iris and Corwin.

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The poll that will decide the name of the new pygmy hippopotamus at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been narrowed down to two choices. The zoo originally gave voters four names to ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24. The newborn arrived on Dec 9. after a seven-month ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo said 52,794 people cast their votes to name their new baby Pygmy hippo. But none of the four options — Poppy, Juniper, Hammie Mae and ...

From a huge baby penguin to a pet octopus who laid 50 eggs and a whale that might have been a Russian spy, here is a look at some of the most famous animals of 2024.