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 ...

The extraordinary story of how a group of African Pygmies came to spend time on an East Yorkshire estate more than 100 years ago has been told by a county archive celebrating its 60th anniversary.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...