Affectionately referred to as Pip by his keeper, Taronga Zoo’s latest reptilian recruit is a pygmy python that is barely 30cm long. “He’s tiny, absolutely. He could easily fit in the palm of my hand ...

Little Leaf has been traveling the country for the past 6 years, her owner said. Some goats only dream of greener pastures, but one has found them in 41 states and counting. Little Leaf, an American ...

Hannah Shirley—the world’s oldest living pygmy hippopotamus in managed care—has celebrated her 52 nd birthday in style this with week with a very appropriately themed party. Born on November 22, 1973, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of John Ball Zoo’s newest residents is making a splash during his public debut. Hugo, the nearly two-month-old pygmy hippo calf, had his first members-only preview on Monday, ...

Deep in South American rainforests lives the pygmy marmoset, the world's smallest monkey. This tiny primate, weighing just 119 grams, thrives along riverbanks. Its unique diet of tree sap and insects, ...

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids welcomed its first pygmy hippo calf on Sept. 3. Only 22 institutions in North America are home to the endangered species that went viral with Moo Deng's birth last ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo says Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy hippo calf born at the zoo ...

The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity. Origins The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.

In rough, boulder-strewn waters off eastern South Africa, researchers have found a new species: a pygmy seahorse about the size of a grain of rice. The finding shocked them because all seven species ...

Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...