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

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.

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 ...

Simbithi Eco-Estate celebrates the returning spotted ground thrush and African pygmy kingfisher to its green spaces on World Migratory Bird Days.

Researchers found evidence of slavery through a five-year study financed by the EU into the way of life of pygmies and their relationships with Bantu people, who are widespread across sub-Saharan ...

For one thing, although most of us think of Pygmies as little people living on the African continent, anthropologists usually define them as members of any human population whose adult men average ...

Pygmy representatives have asked the United Nations to set up a court to try government and rebel fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo for acts of cannibalism against their people. Sinafasi ...

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?

Pygmy hippos, native to forests and swamps in West Africa, are endangered animals, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. There are just an estimated 2,000 that remain in ...

Last month, the San Antonio Zoo announced the birth of an African pygmy falcon chick, which hatched March 18. Looking more like a cotton ball with a beak and claws, the "pint-sized powerhouse ...