The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm?

Pygmy hippos are nocturnal and spend most of their ... Whether she’s swimming or nursing underwater, this live camera lets fans peek into a part of Poppy’s world. Poppy fans can also submit ...

It is a lot for a six-month-old pygmy hippopotamus ... a ritual that tends to take place underwater. For a country that has long tied itself to the elephant – which adorned Thailand’s flag ...

Mostly, Moo Deng ignores the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who have schlepped to an out-of-the-way zoo for one reason: her. She is, somewhat unaccountably, Thailand’s most famous creature in ...

The year was, once again, the warmest on record globally, according to the World Meteorological Organization, with multiple ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy ...

Reports of baby pygmy hippos in Thailand and in Richmond, Virginia, have garnered much attention for their respective zoos, attracting many visitors. These cuties look like they are lovable little ...