Barnes The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old ... “My calling is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s sadness.” Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of ...

Schuetze and Jim Tankersley The pygmy hippopotamus ... “My calling is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s sadness.” Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of ...

In 1900, a German entrepreneur kidnapped some Mbuti pygmy tribespeople from their Ituri Forest village in the Congo. His plan was to display them ... adversely affect not only academic pursuits, but ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy ...

The crisis, which the U.N. said killed 700 people this week, puts a second regional airport at risk. As the fighting raged on with the M23 rebels Saturday, the Congolese army recaptured the ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo. The Poppy Cam lets hippo lovers ...

The crisis, which the U.N. said killed 700 people this week, puts a second regional airport at risk. Congolese army fights to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people ...