The cute creatures are chatty, family oriented—and facing a shrinking habitat in the remote forests of Ecuador ...

Pygmy marmosets are the world's smallest monkeys, measuring just five inches in body length and weighing only four ounces. From their adorable facial expressions to their remarkable social skills, you ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The pygmy hippopotamus was born on Dec. 9 and given an official birth announcement on Dec. 24. The parents are Iris and Corwin.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo said 52,794 people cast their votes to name their new baby Pygmy hippo. But none of the four options — Poppy, Juniper, Hammie Mae and ...

Celebrity hippo Moo Deng has some friendly competition. There’s a new pygmy hippo on the block, and she also has a food-themed name. Haggis—named for an offal-based Scottish delicacy—was ...

Jonas Wahlstrom, head of the Skansen Zoo, said he had received a call from Riyadh Zoo saying that Saudi authorities would not grant entry to the pygmy marmosets. "They didn't want the monkeys ...

that we can hardly find them in the wild, let alone understand how they survive from day to day. From a tiny chameleon to a pygmy monkey, here are 14 of the smallest animals on Earth.

The world’s smallest monkey is called the pygmy marmoset, and it is, predictably, very tiny, just a little scoop of fur. It likes to eat the sticky resin found in tree bark, known as gum, and is ...