The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of pygmy hippos, but there are believed to be only 2,500 remaining in the wild today, according to ...

LONDON (AP) — The Edinburgh Zoo launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini hippopotamus that became a viral sensation at a Thailand zoo ...

Edinburgh Zoo has issued a grovelling apology after welcoming a new pygmy hippo called Haggis. The Scottish centre announced the birth of the calf on Monday, sharing a sweet video of her ...

Meet Haggis! The tiny pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) calf was born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo on October 30. The zoo’s adult pygmy hippos Otto and ...

An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The tiny endangered pygmy hippo calf, named Haggis, arrived on 30 October and zookeepers said her personality was ...

Thailand’s adorable viral sensation Moo Deng is about to get a run for her money as Edinburgh Zoo announces the birth of their own pygmy hippo. Khao Kheow Open Zoo’s Moo Deng went viral on ...

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 ...

If you are an avid social media user you can't fail to have come across Moo Deng, the viral and chaotic pygmy hippo from Thailand - but now there is a new UK rival called Haggis. Haggis ...

A new social media sensation has been born at Edinburgh Zoo - meet Haggis the pygmy hippo. After Moo Deng sent the internet wild after playfully biting and headbutting keepers in Thailand ...

It’s known as an acquired taste. Last week, though, Scotland produced a more appealing Haggis: a tiny, mud-colored pygmy hippopotamus calf named after the infamous dish, who was born on Oct.