Did you know that it is perfectly legal in this country to keep a lion as a pet? Or, if you prefer, a dingo, a camel or a crocodile?

A baby pygmy hippopotamus born in metro Phoenix a few weeks ago could compete for cuteness with the Thai zoo pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, who went viral in 2024. The baby pygmy hippo was born at the ...

LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ (AZFamily) — Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park is welcoming an endangered baby pygmy hippopotamus to the West Valley. The 2-week-old hippo, which has not yet been named, ...

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

The legend on MIT’s campus goes that students once had to leap into the Charles River and swim across its dirty water without stopping to graduate. That was never true. But the institution does ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo shared on social media the passing of one of its sloth bears Monday. According to a social media post, the female sloth bear, Suhani, was born at ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A female sloth bear who had just turned 1 in December has died, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced Monday. The young bear named Suhani reportedly died while undergoing a medical ...

Marshall University has made the decision to cut its women’s swimming an diving program after the 2025-26 season. The Thundering Herd are currently in the American Conference and are heading to the ...

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Researchers at the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica have confirmed a major paleontological find in the province of Cartago: fossil remains from a mastodon-like creature and a giant ground sloth. This ...

Marks & Spencer’s line-up of chocolate Easter eggs is its cutest yet – yep, it’s giving Colin and Percy some serious competition. The two new characters catching our eye are Sunny the Sloth (because ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Jellybean, to Taffy, to Cadbury, and Twixie, you can help name the new baby pygmy hippo. FOX 10's Irene Snyder has more on ...