The hippopotamus is a semiaquatic mammal. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and is one of the largest land mammals in the ...

Do animals have siblings, aunties, or cousins? Can they survive without any family at all? Female gazelles, like this ...

One sign riffed on "Star Wars" — this year’s run fell on May 4, the unofficial day of celebration for fans of the movie ...

The Berlin Zoo recently announced its newest and most adorable resident, a baby pygmy hippo called Toni. With a name that has a special connection to a famous soccer star, her arrival captured the ...

Thanks to a new Netflix documentary, pangolins are having their “moment” right now. Conservationists at the Chester Zoo hope ...

Mountain pygmy possum gets 'bogong biscuit' out of a feeding container made from mesh and pipes in a Kosciusko National Park boulder field. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds ...

A husband and wife's romantic Tasmanian getaway has been interrupted by an incredible sight - an enormous huntsman spider consuming an entire pygmy possum. The couple was at Mount Field National Park ...

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — On Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025, the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology personnel found a live pygmy sperm whale calf stranded in Emerald Isle ...

It was identified as a pygmy sperm calf by the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology at N.C. State University. “Pygmy sperm whales are pelagic, deep diving, squid eaters and are rarely seen ...

EMERALD ISLE — A necropsy is planned on a pygmy sperm whale calf that stranded alive but died on the beach in Emerald Isle last Wednesday. Pygmy sperm whales are pelagic, deep-diving ...