Today, only one species of the spiny dormouse survives, in southern India. However, the oldest spiny dormouse in evolutionary history, a member of the rodent family, was found in sediment dating back ...

Once upon a time in a cozy animal shelter, there lived a charming little cat named Possum. At just one year old, Possum had a heart full of love but was a bit shy when he first arrived. He would often ...

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory behavior had never been documented in the region. A pygmy sperm whale was ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Hannah Shirley, the world’s oldest living pygmy hippopotamus in managed care, is celebrating her 52nd birthday at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. The ...

Hannah Shirley—the world’s oldest living pygmy hippopotamus in managed care—has celebrated her 52 nd birthday in style this with week with a very appropriately themed party. Born on November 22, 1973, ...

Scientists uncovered Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, revealing the secret lives of ancient mekosuchine crocodiles that once dominated inland ecosystems. These crocs filled surprising ...

In a local grazier's backyard in the small southeast QLD town of Murgon, scientists have been digging for decades in what looks like an unremarkable clay pit. But within the clay lies one of Australia ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of John Ball Zoo’s newest residents is making a splash during his public debut. Hugo, the nearly two-month-old pygmy hippo calf, had his first members-only preview on Monday, ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart, revealing that the tiny marsupial is not just a ground dweller – as previously thought – but also climbs trees ...

Australian ecologists have made a remarkable discovery about the mysterious and endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart: it is partial to climbing trees. Up until now, the small carnivorous marsupial was ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Pygmy hippo Jahari broke news Thursday as he munched into a watermelon filled with blue jello. A couple hundred people watched anxiously from lookouts as the father of the zoo’s ...

The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids welcomed its first pygmy hippo calf on Sept. 3. Only 22 institutions in North America are home to the endangered species that went viral with Moo Deng's birth last ...