About 20 years ago Andy Blue got a call asking for his help in moving a pygmy hippopotamus from an Escondido backyard to what was then the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona. Blue, who was ...

WASHINGTON— Animal protection and conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for missing its deadline to decide whether the common hippopotamus should be protected under the U.S ...

A zoo in the U.S. state of Kansas has welcomed the birth of a healthy baby pygmy hippopotamus, raising hope for a species that’s becoming rare in the wild. The yet-to-be-named male pygmy hippo calf, ...

An angler set a record in Connecticut by catching a fish weighing more than 58 pounds. Getty Images/iStockphoto An award-winning angler set a state record in Connecticut by reeling in a massive fish, ...

A massive common carp caught in Lake Zoar is turning heads — and smashing records. Norbert Samok reeled in a 58.05-pound, 44.8-inch carp on June 21 that blew past the previous Connecticut state record ...