Meet Bud and Sam! They’re pygmy hedgehogs at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe. “These guys are from Africa, ...

Two Grambling State University students joined 23 other HBCU students as AT&T’s Rising Future Makers 2024 Class. The Monroe City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday, Nov. 26 to approve a ...

When someone says hedgehog, what do you think of? Prickles and Sonic probably spring to mind. But there’s a lot more to these cute creatures than their quills. So Young Post spoke to Dr Michael ...

Alaska has strict laws regulating the types of animals that can be kept as pets. If you're wondering what exotic animals are ...

Celebrity hippo Moo Deng has some friendly competition. There’s a new pygmy hippo on the block, and she also has a food-themed name. Haggis—named for an offal-based Scottish delicacy—was ...

Acadiana could soon have its own Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo in Thailand who's taken the internet by storm. Zoosiana recently welcomed two pygmy hippopotamuses, Bella and Noche, with the hopes ...

The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of pygmy hippos, but there are believed to be only 2,500 remaining in the wild today, according to ...