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The Toronto Zoo says one of its endangered pygmy hippos is expecting a calf this summer. Kindia, Toronto’s very own “Moo Deng,” is a 20-year-old female pygmy hippopotamus living in the zoo’s African ...

For the past six years, Trevor Evans has seen the number of endangered mountain pygmy possums at his sanctuary increase sixfold. The pocket-sized possums are traditionally found on the peaks of the ...

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