There are two species of hippos living today — the common hippo and the smaller pygmy hippo. Both species live on the continent of Africa. However, at one time, there were other species in Europe, ...

In a Facebook post filled with images of Penelope, the zoo said it's the perfect time to come visit her and her round belly.

The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia stretched into a third day Thursday as trash piled up in some areas and more than 30 Medical Examiner’s Office staffers were ordered back to ...

Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo living in Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand, went viral in September 2024. Viewers around ...

John Ball Zoo is expecting a new addition. Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a ...

Viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng will turn one next week—and crypto degens are pumping her unofficial Solana meme coin.

The pygmy hippopotamus is endangered, with fewer than 2,500 remaining in the wild. Major threats to hippo conservation include habitat loss as wetlands are drained for agriculture, hunting for meat ...

A six-year-old Thai boy with terminal cancer was able to fulfill his ultimate wish — to see the adorable pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, in person before his death. Moo Deng (Thai for ‘bouncy pork ...

‘Penelope’s Bones’ Review: Queens of the Bronze Age The women of Greece’s oldest civilization wove fabrics, carried weapons and wept over their lost children. By A.E. Stallings Share ...

Dr Richard Gillespie, a co-author, previously dated the bones to beyond 43,000 years ago. “ Zygomaturus trilobus was one of the largest marsupials that ever existed — it would have looked like a ...