Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory behavior had never been documented in the region. A pygmy sperm whale was ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Hannah Shirley, the world’s oldest living pygmy hippopotamus in managed care, is celebrating her 52nd birthday at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. The ...

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, ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, causing significant declines in native small mammal populations. Originally introduced through the pet trade, the wild python population in the ...

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, ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Staff at John Ball Zoo, with the help of two pygmy hippos, accomplished a historic achievement in animal conservation. The zoo, located in Grand Rapids, welcomed its first-ever ...

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 ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --The John Ball Zoo in Michigan announced the birth of a pygmy hippo calf, the first of its species to be born at the facility in its history. The Grand Rapids zoo said on social media ...