Equatorial Africa's rain forests have sustained Pygmies for millennia. Now other peoples are competing for the forests' resources, displacing the Pygmies. Paul Raffaele A decade ago, Wasse ...

On a cold, windy evening, a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes emerged from its hiding place in a remote region of South Africa. Undeterred by the weather, it scampered across the rocks.

San Antonio's biggest little falcon has officially stolen hearts on social media. Last month, the San Antonio Zoo announced ...

A Ramona Wildlife Center pygmy hippo that was rescued more than two decades ago broke a world record this weekend by becoming ...

a Bambuti pygmy who escaped a massacre by a rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo, the scene of the conflict known as Africa's "first world war" because of the number of parties involved in ...

DR. CHRISTY'S “Big Game and Pygmies,” based as it is upon almost twenty-five years' continuous experience of tropical Africa, is a most interesting and valuable book. The “external aspects ...

Pygmy pipehorse, found off the coast of South Africa Researchers at the California Academy of Scientists knew they might discover something new after local divers in South Africa's Sodwana Bay ...

"Pygmy hippos live only in a small space in a couple of countries in West Africa. Because people need space themselves, it's shrinking their habitat." Farrell helps to look after Ptolemy at the ...

Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their average life expectancy is 27 years. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea?

Scientists found a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes in rocky a crevice of South Africa and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Courtney Hundermark via Conradie ...