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Viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng will turn one next week—and crypto degens are pumping her unofficial Solana meme coin.

The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a Thursday social media post. It will be the pygmy ...

A donor heart saved Charlotte Woodward's life 13 years ago. Now Woodward, 35, is fighting for others with Down syndrome or other disabilities to have the same chance. Research has shown that ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo.

More information: Max A. Thorwald et al. Down syndrome with Alzheimer's disease brains have increased iron and associated lipid peroxidation consistent with ferroptosis, Alzheimer's & Dementia (2025).

In the study, researchers found that the brains of people diagnosed with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease (DSAD) had twice as much iron and more signs of oxidative damage in cell membranes ...

A six-year-old boy in Thailand, nicknamed Auto, has passed away after fulfilling his last wish. Auto's dream was to meet Moo Deng, a pygmy hippopotamus at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo. Zoo staff ...

The interim executive director of the Sacramento Zoo and Sacramento’s mayor said Wednesday they plan to work together to look for opportunities to potentially keep the zoo in its Land Park ...

The moment remains frozen in photographer Larry Hersberger’s mind, as if the camera he uses to make a living had captured a stark, black-and-white image of the small, drab room where it happened. “I’m ...