The worst drought in 100 years drives Namibia and Zimbabwe to conduct culls in national parks to help alleviate an urgent ...

DESPERATE pleas have been called to free Moo Deng from captivity as thousands flock to the Thailand zoo to gawp at the viral pygmy hippo. Moo Deng reached worldwide fame after her zookeeper began ...

Pygmy hippos are continually dwindling because of persistent habitat loss and human poaching; they're considered a better source of "bushmeat" (meat from wild animals) than other hippo species because ...

There's a 24/7 webcam in the hippopotamus section at the zoo where Moo Deng lives. (You may need to scroll down and click on the "Live Streaming" tab.) Bear time zones in mind; you may check it in the ...

By Thulani Mpofu Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said his government will kill 20,000 elephants and distribute their meat to starving locals if Germany does not accept his proposal to send ...

Research links the rapid extinction of dwarf megafauna on Cyprus to early human settlers, whose hunting practices decimated ...

QUACK’S HAS A MOO DENG COOKIE. The Austin bakery baked up a sugar cookie in the shape of the beloved baby pygmy hippo who ...

Five hippopotamuses have died while trapped in a mud pool in northeastern Namibia, where a severe drought has caused a major river to dry up, the environment ministry said Friday.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the common hippopotamus as “vulnerable,” meaning it is facing a ...

The United States is one of 184 member states party to the agreement. Such products include hippo teeth, skins, feet, skulls, ...

Before your next bush cuisine, please take a pose and contemplate the potential risks, because eating bush meat could ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Thai zoo whose baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng has become a global viral sensation moved Thursday to patent ...