A modern pygmy population living on an Indonesian island near a cave with Homo floresiensis fossils appears to have evolved short stature independently.

The rare death of an adult pygmy sperm whale on Thursday concerns marine experts. A necropsy will determine what caused it to die, the fourth such death in the last five years.

A Smithsonian scientist found that pygmy sloths wander inland in addition to inhabiting the mangrove fringes of their island refuge. He realized that the population size of the pygmy sloth was ...

The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is one of the world’s most endangered mammals, according to a detailed survey of the population, which found less than 100 sloths hanging on in ...

The Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) hanging out in the mangroves of Escudo Island. Photo courtesy of Bryson Voirin.

A juvenile pygmy blue whale was successfully rescued on 16 September 2024 after becoming trapped beneath a private wharf near Kawau Island, off New Zealand's North Island.

A teeny-tiny pygmy possum, the world's smallest, has been found on Australia's Kangaroo Island after ecologists feared the species had been wiped out by the country's devastating wildfires.

Conservationists have made a very tiny, but highly heartening discovery on a South Australian island that was ravaged by bushfires last summer -- a lone, surviving pygmy possum.