A tiny pygmy hippo calf named Brotchen is charming visitors at Berlin Zoo. The food-inspired name reflects a growing trend in ...

Berlin Zoo has revealed the name of the female pygmy hippopotamus born in May. Broetchen, German for 'bread roll,' is the ...

The newest arrival among Berlin's pygmy hippos has been given the name Brötchen, which is a bread roll in German, and is now ...

A 1-millimeter difference in the size of a nest box entrance could help rare little pygmy-possums recover after bushfire, ...

Officials are warning about a deadly combination of fungal, parasitic and bacterial infections that could push some snake ...

Toby, the Pygmy Falcon, sounds like he’s passionately arguing at a city council meeting despite weighing approximately the ...

Thirty years ago, in 1996, six Pygmy Hogs were taken from this very site into captivity to establish an insurance population ...

The mountain pygmy possum, a tiny nocturnal marsupial, was once known only from Ice Age fossils. Today, we know where its 2,000 remaining individuals are holding on. In 1895, deep within the limestone ...

Among Adirondack mammals, pygmy shrews hold several records. Some adults weigh only 2-3 g (0.11 oz) and thus are the smallest mammals in the world. This species is also one of the rarest, with only ...