On a cold, windy evening, a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes emerged from its hiding place in a remote region of South Africa. Undeterred by the weather, it scampered across the ...

At just three months old, pygmy hippo Moo Deng has become a sensation online for her dramatic antics and sleepy demeanor. Moo-Deng has been dubbed an ‘icon’ and ‘legend’ by Time Magazine ...

MOSELEY — Poppy the popular pygmy hippo made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. She and her mom Iris have been living in a climate-controlled indoor habitat ...

An octopus no bigger than a pencil eraser? It's true: The Caribbean pygmy octopuses that hatched this month at The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla., are no bigger than about a ...

Pygmy sperm whales are in the Kogiidae family, not the same family as sperm whales. • Population figures are unknown, but they're not considered to be endangered.

The team discovered that the Pygmy zebra octopus has stripe patterns as unique as human fingerprints, allowing even humans to tell them apart.

Poppy pygmy hippo, mom Iris may now be viewed in outdoor Hippo Haven at Metro Richmond Zoo 'Iris and Poppy love being outside to soak up the sun and shade. Their habitat features a large pool ...

New at the zoo: The Binder Park Zoo is about ready to open for the season, and it will include a new permanent space for pygmy goats.

The configuration of brown and white stripes on pygmy zebra octopuses (Octopus chierchiae) varies between individuals, which could help researchers monitor them in the wild ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The pygmy hippo Poppy has been released into the Hippo Haven Habitat at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Like chicks after they hatch, Poppy and her mom, Iris, lived in ...

A team of integrative biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that differences in pygmy zebra octopus striping are strong enough to tell them apart in long-term studies.