The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

The Aka Pygmies living in the south-west region of the Central African Republic have developed a distinctive vocal musical tradition, which involves a complex type of contrapuntal polyphony based on ...

Despite their small size, pygmies can give 1 or 2 quarts of milk per day. As an African dairy goat breed, their milk production is valued not only for quantity but also for quality. Their milk is ...

The authors propose the common name Sodwana Pygmy Pipehorse for their new discovery ... Mouth and identified in a collection at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB).

It has long been assumed that these inhabitants of the African rain forest had adapted to a kind of serfdom in villages. The discovery that they have not has implications for the problems of ...

Anuket is described as full of energy, feisty, yet full of love, with “a particular fondness for watermelon.” Pygmy hippos, ...

Anuket, a pygmy hippo born on February 9, debuted at Montgomery Zoo, highlighting the zoo's conservation efforts.

Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs inhabit the island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa. The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less than two and a ...