Rare gorilla killed in reserve
Kinshasa - Conservationists say a rare protected mountain gorilla has been found shot dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga nature reserve, fuelling fears that rebels are targeting...
View ArticleDwarf hippo attracts attention at Paris Zoo
Paris - Aldo looks, eats and lazes like a hippopotamus - but he's only about as big as a human baby, at 53cm. The pygmy hippo, born this month at the Paris Zoo, is one of only a few dozen in Europe,...
View ArticleA group of pygmy musicians visiting the capital of the Democratic Republic...
The move prompted outrage from human rights organisations and a flurry of...
View ArticleHabitat loss threatens pygmy elephants -
By VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press Writer 51 minutes ago KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Satellite tracking of pygmy elephants has found that the endangered animals unique to Borneo island are under threat...
View ArticlePygmies stand tall over logging
Forty million people in the Congo, including 600,000 pygmies, depend on the rainforests for survival. Photo / Reuters The rumble of giant machinery heralds the arrival of loggers deep in the heart of...
View ArticleBaby Pygmy Marmoset
ZooMontana has a new addition to their animal family, a baby pygmy marmoset. The miniature primate was born on November 18th, but is now running and climbing around with mom and dad....
View ArticleFeds to mull protection for pygmy rabbit -
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago SPOKANE, Wash. - The federal government said Tuesday it will consider endangered species protection for the pygmy rabbit, which is...
View ArticleThe elusive and endangered pygmy hippopotamus is alive and well in the...
Small hippo caught on film They are among the world's most secretive creatures but have survived two...
View ArticleRare pygmy hippos caught on camera
By CNN's Stephanie Busari LONDON, England (CNN) -- An endangered and secretive animal rarely seen in the wild has been caught on camera in West Africa. There are thought to be less than 3,000 pygmy...
View ArticleCamera traps finally capture elusive pygmy hippo on film
Little is known about the private life of the pygmy hippo except that it spends its days hiding in the swampy shallows of rivers, only to emerge in the dead of night to forage furtively on the forest...
View ArticleWild horses to stay, for now, at Nev. wildlife refuge
RENO, Nev. - Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday scaled back significantly the number of wild horses and burros they intend to remove from the sprawling Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge until a...
View ArticleExtinct Javan elephants may have survived in Borneo, says new study
: The pygmy elephants of Borneo island may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved accidentally by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study released Thursday. The study...
View ArticleStudy: Elephants thought extinct may have survived
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Borneo's pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study released Thursday. The...
View ArticlePygmy elephant may have been introduced to Borneo from Java
KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be a native to the island after all. Instead, the population may be the last survivors of the Javan elephant, which was accidentally saved from...
View ArticleRare pygmy hogs head for the wild
The world's smallest and rarest species of wild pig was once believed to be extinct - but it may now be saved thanks to conservation efforts. The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) stands barely 25-30 cm...
View ArticleFish and Wildlife to begin review of tiny owl's status
TUCSON, Ariz. (Map, News) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to conduct a yearlong status review of the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl in a move that could restore it to threatened or...
View ArticleTiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia
WASHINGTON - On a misty mountaintop on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists for the first time in more than eight decades have observed a living pygmy tarsier, one of the planet's smallest...
View ArticleScientists rediscover pocket-sized primate Last seen in the 1920s, the furry...
It looks like a tangerine-sized cross between a furry Furby and a gremlin, and hadn't been seen alive since the 1920s. But the pygmy tarsier has made an unlikely comeback. Scientists believed these...
View ArticleMeet the Smallest Frog in the Andes
ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY MORE TO EXPLORE Overview Slide Show: Smallest Frog of the Andes Meet Noble's pygmy frog...
View ArticleFight Club author gloves up again for Pygmy
Fight Club author gloves up again for Pygmy A 13-year-old terrorist from an unidentified country has infiltrated an American suburb, disguised as a foreign exchange student. He's been trained,...
View ArticleAuthor loses point in odd dialect
Pygmy, the adolescent lead character in Chuck Palahniuk's new novel, is a super-genius and trained killer working undercover in America for an unnamed totalitarian state. Alas, his puppet masters...
View ArticleNecropsies planned for 2 pygmy sperm whales
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. -- Necropsies will be performed on a pair of pygmy sperm whales found stranded off Florida's...
View ArticleRattlesnake Bites Man At Wal-Mart
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A man bitten by a snake at a Wal-Mart store in St. Augustine, Fla., is in critical condition after having a reaction to antivenom medication. According to the St. Johns County...
View ArticleFinal effort to save tiny rabbits from extinction
EPHRATA, Wash. – Wildlife experts are making one last effort to save the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, believed extinct in the wild since mid-2004. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit in...
View ArticleConflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the...
Our vehicle pulled into the village late one rainy night. Dozens of my new neighbors, Sierra Leone’s Mende people, emerged from their thatch-roof houses, looking cross at being woken up and not...
View ArticleMysterious whale revealed to be a 'living fossil' as member of a family that...
Pygmy right whales...
View ArticleResearchers find height allows tribesmen to travel through the thick...
Penn State researchers say that all African pygmys do not have the same genetic change, suggesting the adaption is relatively recent....
View ArticleBJP MP Ramesh Pokhriyal
Former Uttarakhand CM and BJP MP Ramesh Pokhriyal courted controversy after he declared that astrology is superior to science....
View ArticleSHE'D MIND MICE AT A COSSROADS>
Watch the official SHE'D MIND MICE AT A COSSROADS video by Pygmy m in HD on WWW.MUZU.TV and check out the latest new music releases and playlists for free.>...
View ArticleShe'd mind mice at a crossroads>
Watch the official She'd mind mice at a crossroads video by Pygmy m in HD on WWW.MUZU.TV and check out the latest new music releases and playlists for free.>...
View ArticleSay Hello to This Newborn Pygmy Hippo
Let’s give a warm welcome to an adorable new animal friend. A baby pygmy hippopotamus has made his dazzling debut at Melbourne Zoo. The tiny, yet-to-be-named hippo was the first one to be born at the...
View ArticlePygmy goat goes on the loose in south London park
A pygmy goat has gone on the loose in south London. The animal, named Ruby by her rescuers, was...
View ArticleThe Littlest, Most Adorable-est Seahorse Fits on Your Fingernail
May I introduce the charming, fantastically camouflaged pygmy seahorse. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: The Littlest, Most Adorable-est Seahorse Fits on Your Fingernail appeared first on WIRED....
View ArticleBlue Whale Sightings Confound, Thrill Marine Conservation Groups
A 40-foot-long blue whale stranded on a beach in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri was towed back into the Arabian Sea on February 1, 2016, by two ships, adding to recent rare sightings of the huge creature. The...
View ArticleForget potbellied pigs — raising goats is all the rage
As with most hobbies, livestock trends change. "Five years ago, potbellied pigs were a...
View ArticleThe dark side of Uganda's gorilla tourism industry
Two decades ago Batwa pygmies were thrown out of their native forests in Uganda to make way for the country's mountain gorilla tourism. Tommy Trenchard and Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville went to Rukeri...
View ArticleThe Tragic Story Of The African Man Displayed Like An Animal At The Bronx Zoo
Ota Benga committed suicide on March 20, 1916, at the age of 33. Born and raised in the Belgian Congo, Benga was brought to the United States at the age of 22 by a missionary who promised him a better...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Tiniest, Best-Dressed Seahorse in the Sea
The pygmy seahorse hasn't met a coral it couldn't blend into. The post Absurd Creatures: The Mystery of the Tiniest, Best-Dressed Seahorse in the Sea appeared first on WIRED. ......
View ArticleFarrakhan Tells Obama: 'You Failed…Give Trump A Chance'
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Although Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan is used to stepping into racial and political minefields, the latest explosion nearly caught...
View ArticleZoo makes public plea for the safe return of these stolen mini monkeys
A wildlife park outside of Wollongong, Australia, is looking for three monkeys and they're desperate for your...
View ArticleFamily of stolen mini monkeys recovering after harrowing zoo heist
It's been a wild ride for a trio of little monkeys that were stolen from Symbio Zoo in Sydney, Australia, now all safely back home together. On Saturday, a family of three pygmy marmosets, father...
View ArticleFunservation – wildlife rescue is not all hard work
Fourteen elephants were found dead from poisoning at an oil palm plantation in Sabah back in 2013. Only one baby elephant from the herd escaped alive – he was later named “Joe”. This was one of the...
View ArticleMonday blues? Look at this cute baby pygmy hippo!
Talk about a cute critter: A hippo small enough to fit in a pet cage! Unveiled to the press recently at a zoo in Chile, it is a two-week-old, female, baby pygmy hippopotamus, which has yet to be named....
View ArticlePygmy elephant death: It could have been revenge
KOTA KINABALU: Revenge is the likely motive behind the killing of a 10-year-old Borneo pygmy elephant at a plantation close to the Malua Forest Reserve in Sabah's east coast district of Kinabatangan....
View ArticlePygymy sperm whale rescued from beach dies
The pygmy sperm whale that captured the attention — and hearts — of the public...
View ArticleThe 10 best pets for kids
When you think of family pets you automatically think of a cat or a dog, but there are other animals that make wonderful pets if you do not want to go down the canine or feline route. There are many...
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