Taipei Zoo said the name of its newest pygmy hippo, Thabo, means “happy” in the South African Nguni language ... illegal hunting, and interference from human activities.

Native to West Africa, the pygmy hippo is threatened by human activities ... Hundreds of visitors queued at the zoo for five minutes in the enclosure. One group said they woke up at 5am to ...

The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year. Also a pygmy hippo, Moo Deng – which means “bouncy pig” in ...

Her name is as Scottish as it gets, but little Haggis is a long way from her natural home. The forests and swamps of West ...

An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The tiny endangered pygmy hippo calf, named Haggis, arrived on 30 October and zookeepers said her personality was ...

The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of pygmy hippos, but there are believed to be only 2,500 remaining in the wild today, according to the ...

The zoo has closed the pygmy hippo area to zoo visitors for the ... The small hippos face many pressures, including loss of habitat, hunting and human intrusion into their environment.