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 ...

The dancers shake their hips, kicking their feet to the beat of the age-old "dance of the caterpillars", typically performed in the south where the insects are gathered for food. The company is often ...

The Lesson of the Pygmies 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 ...

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).

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 ...

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

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

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 ...