Groups including Born Free and Peta urge holidaymakers not to perpetuate the suffering of captive animals, like Moo Deng, by ...

Visitors, including a child wearing a Moo Deng shirt, on their way to see the famous baby hippo.Credit...Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times Last week, Hunter Hackett, a digital nomad from ...

Is it any wonder that millions of people turned to a pugnacious baby pygmy hippo for a little relief? Moo Deng was born July 10, 2024, at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand. In September, ...

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

Big eyes, tiny noses and round cheeks; scientists explain why animals like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have us hooked.

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, became an overnight sensation online. Videos of her were watched by millions. But conservationists say that popularity hasn’t resulted in any change on the ground ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. But what ...

Volcanoes stole the show in Iceland. Restless, the craters have erupted into new phrases, endowing Óróapúls (tremor pulse), ...

Digital zoo exhibit at King Power Mahanakhon showcases nature and wildlife through immersive art.

By the time hippos Jona and Tony produced Moo Deng, a 5kg blob about the size of a one-litre bottle of Coke, Mr Atthapon said he knew exactly what kind of hippo action the world craved.

Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who has become an internet sensation following her July 2024 birth. The sassy animal is now a full-on brand ...