The accompanying video shows Haggis nestled in hay, curiously sniffing his surroundings as a caretaker gives him gentle pets.

"It is great to have our own little ambassador right here," said the hoofstock team leader at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

Haggis, a baby pygmy hippo at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo, is following in Moo Deng's footsteps.

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.

Here’s all you need to know about the “Viral pygmy hippo parodized on Weekend Update” clue in today’s NYT Mini Crossword.

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 ...

Edinburgh Zoo/tiktok Move over, Moo Deng! A new adorable baby pygmy hippo has been born. On Monday, Nov. 4, the Edinburgh Zoo, run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, announced the birth ...

The pygmy hippopotamus is one of two species belonging to the family hippopotamidae. There are several key differences ...

Moo Deng, the baby hippo that took social media by storm, has predicted former President Trump will defeat Vice President ...

People around the world have been enchanted by the baby pygmy hippo whose name means something like "bouncy pork meatball." ...