Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.

Off the coast of South Africa, a “pygmy” sea creature latched onto the coral reef with its tail. Its “cryptic nature” and ...

But what do pygmy hedgehog owners say? "They're adorable balls of love," says Emma Crossan. She owns 11 African pygmy hedgehogs and hoglets, one of the most popular species of domesticated ...

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 hippopotamus ...

Flower gave a description of two skeletons of Akkas, lately obtained in the Monbuttu country, Central Africa, by Emin Pasha, and by him presented o the British Museum. Since this diminutive tribe ...

Pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species, and only 2,500 mature hippos remain in the wild, the zoo said. Pygmy hippos are distinctive from regular hippos because they do not live in ...

Pygmy hippos, known formally as Choeropsis liberiensis ... The reclusive species is native to West Africa and loves water just as much as its heftier counterparts. The Metro Richmond Zoo ...

Newcastle University spin-out Atelerix was launched seven years ago by co-founders professor Che Connon, Dr Steve Swioklo and Dr Mick McLean, who set about making waves in the cell preservation market ...