This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Pygmy elephants, Asiatic lions and Siamese ...

's newest resident, a male pygmy hippopotamus calf, was welcomed by zoo visitors on Tuesday afternoon during its big debut. The calf, which has not been named yet, was born at the zoo. He will be on ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) last week announced that the world’s rarest and smallest sloth could deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act (pdf). In response to this incident, a ...

Some goats only dream of greener pastures, but one has found them in 41 states and counting. Little Leaf, an American pygmy goat, has been traveling the country with her owner Kate Cloud for the past ...