Newest pygmy hippo born on US soil gets a name
Poppy was born to parents Iris and Corwan after a 7-month gestation. The baby girl is Iris and Corwin’s third calf in 4.5 ...
Evolution: What Will Humans Look Like in 50,000 Years?
"Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," said researcher Jason ...
Poppy the baby pygmy born in December 2024 has her first swim with her mother
The Virginia Richmond Zoo has named its baby hippo Poppy following an online poll. Born on December 9, Poppy is a pygmy hippo ...
Endangered pygmy hippopotamus born at a Virginia zoo and you can help name her
Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years,” zoo ...
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They’re Adorable. And Endangered. Meet the World’s Smallest Monkey: the Pygmy Marmoset
The cute creatures are chatty, family oriented—and facing a shrinking habitat in the remote forests of Ecuador ...
Endangered pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo
According to the zoo, the pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than ...
A U.S. Zoo Gets a Hippopotamus for Christmas! Pygmy Hippo Born in December Makes Public Debut
The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo two weeks before Christmas. The Virginia zoo wrote that the birth is significant to conservation efforts for the endangered species.