The four-year-old, 477-pound pygmy hippopotamus moved to Houston from San Francisco and zookeepers as part of a breeding program.

Pygmy Date Palm (Phoenix roebelinii) — An elegant dwarf palm with lacy medium-green feather-shaped leaves. The Pygmy Date may be thought of as a clumping palm with multiple trunks, but it ...

Thailand's superstar baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng has some new competition. On Thursday, the Houston Zoo announced it recently welcomed a 4-and-a-half-year-old, 477-pound male pygmy hippopotamus ...

While you may have heard of 'Moo Deng,' Thailand's viral pygmy hippo, the Houston Zoo is proud to introduce its own star.

Akobi, a four-year-old pygmy hippo, has arrived at the Houston Zoo from the San Francisco Zoo as part of a global conservation effort under the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species ...