| 单词 | pygmy |
| 例句 | Matt yells, “Lost the pygmy! Get the Sweat Head!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z One of them said it: Lost the pygmy! The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She followed Mama’s lead around cages of white pygmy elephants, chimpanzees, a pair of giraffes grazing quietly in their paddock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “President Baker wants these pygmies,” the Tribune said, “and so does everybody else around headquarters.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her father’s newspapers contained tales of explorers, unknown lands, pygmy peoples. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I had said that my father was allergic to pet hair, which was why I couldn't have a dog or a cat or even a pygmy goat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The door was propped open by a droopy pygmy with a sign round his neck saying, YES, WE’RE OPEN! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day, Tess had traded five Notes for a bucket of pygmy pig's blood from the back alley of a kitchen. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A girl I knew had just won a prize for a short story about her adventures among the pygmies in Africa. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My dad was like a thirteen-thousand-pound elephant freaking out over an itty-bitty African pygmy mouse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Seems like that’s where Matt and Lance came from when they said they lost the pygmy. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He took in the eight-hundred-gallon aquarium coffee table with the four glowing pygmy sharks swimming circles around their bubbler. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z That fate befell African pygmies and many other hunter-gatherer populations displaced by farmers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They included giant elephant birds, primitive primates called lemurs as big as gorillas, and pygmy hippos. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I say, “Been wondering something...What did you see? Like, when you said you lost the pygmy. Yesterday. Part of that chase.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She regards the pygmy beauty as some sort of rival and hardly suspects that I took her picture out of the National Geographic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that boy still nasty as a pygmy rattler?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There had been reports of a herd of rare Bornean pygmy elephants, of which there are only about 200 left in the area, moving upriver. Birder, scuba diver — or both? This biodiverse destination offers the best of both worlds 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z A recent post shows Alice Hoffman’s “The Rules of Magic” next to a pygmy hedgehog in a coffee mug because who can resist that? Review | What do women want? One company is betting it comes between two covers. 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Usher had a goldendoodle “that was the love of my life” but now keeps pygmy goats that he spoils by giving tons of oats. Waiting on Rihanna, shrieking at a roach and counting the cats at the Met Gala 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The book is filled with such lovely anecdotes, many from Thomas’s own rich life of natural adventure, whether surveying sparrows in Italy or encountering pygmy elephants in Borneo. We Aren’t Destroying the Earth 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Nab the Corn Crib, with a kitchen and private patio overlooking a pasture of pygmy goats, sheep, and llamas. The Scenic Route: Make a Pit Stop in Peach Country 2012-07-16T17:50:10.867Z That causes orangutans, Sumatran tigers, pygmy elephants and native rhinos to lose their homes. National Zoo’s Redd is a furry ambassador for endangered orangutans 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z His darkly comic novel tells the story of a drug baron's son growing up in a luxury hideout surrounded by guns, hit men and dealers, longing for a pygmy hippopotamus for his private zoo. First space on Guardian first book award longlist goes to new publisher 2011-08-01T14:57:14Z The joy of seeing any painting in reality before seeing its pygmy reproductions – or worse, in the false glow of the computer – is long since over. The man who stole the Mona Lisa 2011-08-05T21:55:04Z The Oompa-Loompas of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” were originally African pygmies — Dahl called the actors who played them wearing orange makeup and green wigs in the 1971 movie “dirty old dwarfs”. A Rosier View of Roald Dahl 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The whole zoo leadership, after all, including the notorious racist Madison Grant, believed that displaying a pygmy would be educational. Antiques: Digitizing Scrapbooks of the First Bronx Zoo Director 2013-08-29T21:12:11Z For pygmy forests, head across town to the Elfin Forest Natural Area, a preserve where a wooden walkway winds through a sand dune landscape of wild hyacinths, succulents and rare horned lizards. 36 Hours in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Abstract sculptures by David Brooks are named, in part, for real creatures — the South China tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the pygmy hippopotamus of West Africa — now on the very brink of extinction. ‘The Fifth Season’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The family lived for a while in a hut in Borneo, surrounded by pitcher plants, flowers the size of beanbag chairs, flying snakes and pygmy forest elephants. His Son Hiked Into the Costa Rican Jungle, and Never Came Out. What Happened? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Its humour and quality – and the hunt for a pygmy hippo by the eccentric son of a Mexican drug lord – ensured it caught their imagination. Would we have survived without the Guardian first book award? 2012-05-29T08:30:00Z And the crowd gathered on the beach to look at the moon includes Otto the owl, Silky the seal and Mossy the pygmy shrew. Review: ‘Puffin Rock’ Joins Parade of Shows Aimed at Youngest Viewers 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Seemingly able to play anything he got his hands on, from the guitar to the pygmy flute, Bebey moved to Paris in the mid-1950s to study music at the Sorbonne. The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Francis Bebey – African Electronic Music 1975-1982 2013-01-30T11:18:55Z And we were enchanted by a Cuban pygmy owl which, perched for the longest time on a branch, was as curious about us as we were about it. A birding adventure in Cuba 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Next to him David Hockney or Howard Hodgkin are artistic pygmies. Lucian Freud's perverse depictions of magnificent muck 2011-07-22T00:34:23Z He was standing on a ladder in the exhibition hall, assembling a pygmy right whale, suspended from the ceiling. Building Field Museum's beasts a giant undertaking 2011-05-17T00:27:00Z Junipers and ponderosa pines grow straight out of the basalt, forming one of El Malpais’s “pygmy forests,” where trees remain small and are much older than they look. Into a Lava-Lined Underworld Near Albuquerque 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The work, five panels of sharpened porcelain teeth, honored the memory of Ota Benga, a Congolese pygmy with pointed teeth who was put on display at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Bronx Zoo. Distinct Prisms in an Ever-Shifting Kaleidoscope 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Endemic plants flowered within days of the fires, providing an immediate source of nectar for birds, insects, bats and tiny pygmy possums. Post-fire Australia will provide travelers with more opportunities for ‘restorative tourism’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The vast structure is now home to bearded pigs and pygmy hippos – tubby, low-slung creatures that seem out of place in the building's soaring, top-lit reaches. London Zoo's new Tiger Territory: built for the animals first, and visitors second 2013-03-20T18:32:11Z There were two silky anteaters, or pygmy anteaters, high in the branches of a nearby tree, their fuzzy, pinkish-brown tails intertwined. On the Costa Rican Coast, Finding Pura Vida on a Budget 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps more important, each of the skeletons may be a new kind of dinosaur — a Nanotyrannus lancensis, a type of pygmy T. rex, and a Chasmosaurine ceratopsian, a close relation of the Triceratops. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z In his foreword to “Song From the Forest,” the journalist Alex Shoumatoff wrote that the pygmies were “basically doing karaoke with the sounds of the forest.” Louis Sarno Dies at 62; Moved to Africa to Preserve Ancestral Music 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The most distinctive tree is the pygmy pine, which tops out around 4ft tall, with taller cedars and oaks thriving as well. Top 10 US mid-Atlantic national and state parks 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Subgenres also emerged, such as riverside and maritime city views, including scenes of the Nile with pygmies struggling with crocodiles and hippos. A Greco-Roman Tour of Myth and Nature 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z No, because that would make those other animals, the ones the cat is stalking, a herd of miniature pygmy guanacos, and I'm pretty sure they don't exist. TV review: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; Wallander 2012-08-12T21:00:01Z And about the clouded leopards caught on one of the cameras, and the pygmy kingfisher caught in a net. Excluded and Lost Land of the Tiger 2010-09-22T06:59:00Z The landscape could be a setting for a Grimms’ fairy tale, with a pygmy pine forest, carnivorous plants and a profusion of fungi. Just in time for summer: 49 new National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The wildlife in the vicinity includes pygmy goats, Iranian sheep, and black bears. Four Wildlife Tours in the United States Worth Taking 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z He knows that Logan was the 100-foot-tall giant in the family and his children are pliable pygmies, like everyone else. The Roys never had a chance: "Succession" sells Alexander Skarsgård as TV's finest Viking conqueror 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z An injured pygmy owl was so fierce, it wouldn’t accept any enclosure. Tony Angell: A grateful guest in ‘The House of Owls’ 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The various calamities are staged with panache, and the special effects involving killer squirrels and those fearsome pygmies the Oompa-Loompas are highly ingenious. Critics divided over Charlie merits 2013-06-26T10:57:40Z Distance: 36 miles Be sure to enjoy from-scratch peach muffins and peach coffee cake before bidding farewell to the pygmy goats at Sunrise. The Scenic Route: Make a Pit Stop in Peach Country 2012-07-16T17:50:10.867Z They could settle long-running scientific debates over whether the pygmy tyrannosaur existed as a separate genus or was simply a juvenile T. rex, and whether it hunted as well as scavenged. Dinosaur Skeletons Headed to Auction, Not Museum 2013-07-29T22:33:04Z They were originally depicted as hard working but mischievous African pygmies who were brought to the factory to make candy. Roald Dahl’s Widow Says ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Hero Was Supposed to be Black 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z "Succession" revolves around a ruthless media titan unwilling to cede an inch of his power, who cares nothing about the well-being of any of the working class "pygmies" he sucks dry for profit. Emmys Politics 101: Why HBO dominates, "Dragon" overpowers "Rings" and some actors make history 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z He wasn't so lucky last year when he was commissioned to install his pygmy scenes around the grounds of Belsay Hall in Northumberland. Masters of miniature 2011-02-27T00:04:03Z Last are the mammals, from the mightiest Javan rhinoceros to the meekest mountain pygmy possum. John Luther Adams, Praying for the Earth in Music 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, Roald Dahl revised “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which originally depicted the factory workers as dark-skinned pygmies from Africa. Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and a ‘Cancel Culture’ Controversy Erupts 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z A Cuban pygmy owl perches in a nearby shrub, its breathy calls competing with the muted cracks of rifle shots from a distant target range. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z And, yes, he knows he looks like a pygmy owl when he delivers the news. John Oliver Takes Down Donald Trump's Wall, Brick By Brick 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Alpine species such as the mountain pygmy possum have life cycles built around winter snow, while many of the world's cities rely on snowmelt for their water supply. What planting tomatoes shows us about climate change 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z And while he is a winner in the judgment of the market — “a hundred feet tall” where most people are “pygmies” — he doesn’t seem to feel like one. Material Event: Unpacking That Pivotal ‘Succession’ Episode 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z She cannot get the landlord round to fix the heating because she does not want him to find out that she has a pet pygmy hedgehog: they are not allowed pets. 'Meeting new women became an addiction': one woman, 30 dates 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z It's very sweet, but it really is just a few facts about pygmy hippos with some drawings to liven things up. Family reviews: a selection 2012-08-18T11:00:00Z Faced with complaints that his depiction of the factory workers as dark-skinned pygmies from Africa was racist, he changed the workers into Oompa Loompas, small people from a fictional country called Loompaland. As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z We spent an hour under a tree while Victor guided my eyes to the smallest monkey in the world, the pygmy marmoset – its body barely 15cm long. Ecuador’s Yasuni park: where oil vies with tourism for the rainforest 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z These vibrant tableaux provide a rare look at the creative expression of pygmy women as they complete a maternal rite of passage. A Maternal Rite of Passage in Democratic Republic of Congo 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Still, here is a statement that is, in fact, considerably further from the truth: “Janet Yellen is not and has never been chair of the Federal Reserve; she is a nine-year-old pygmy giraffe.” The audacious lie behind the phrase ‘nothing could be further from the truth’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Put simply, they might both be Republican presidents who owed their political success to their skill in front of the camera, but the current man is a pygmy next to his predecessor. You're hired! How TV carried Reagan and Trump to the White House 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Politically speaking, he declares, “ours is an age of the pygmies.” Books of The Times: A Call for the Commonweal: Tony Judt?s ?Ill Fares the Land? 2010-03-16T21:53:00Z If your child is into facts about pygmy hippos then this would be a winner; if your child likes a good story then no, this isn't that interesting. Family reviews: a selection 2012-08-18T11:00:00Z “I think my favorite was the rabbit,” Delaney said after several failed attempts to soothe an African pygmy hedgehog named Tweedledee. Petting zoos at the office are the latest perk for stressed-out employees 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The pygmies were bullied by other tribes and suffered from alcoholism and addiction. Louis Sarno Dies at 62; Moved to Africa to Preserve Ancestral Music 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z He said, “It’s the first time I’ve seen a pygmy possum as prey.” Couple watches in horror as massive huntsman spider eats a possum in their hotel room 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Hannah Shirley, North America's oldest pygmy hippo celebrated the half-century mark with presents and a cake made of a watermelon base, papaya frosting and spaghetti squash. Oldest pygmy hippo in North America turns 50 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Like their mythical namesakes, these pygmy squids are intimately connected with their natural environments in the emerald waters of Okinawa. Tiny spirits roam the corals of Japan -- two new pygmy squids discovered 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Endangered Atlantic right whales are shrinking in size; an endangered Pacific gray whale makes a record-setting trip; and scientists use bomb detectors to find an unknown group of pygmy blue whales. 2021 Year in Review: Amazing Animal Stories 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Congo’s vast mineral wealth has fueled war, displacement and hunger, she said, and particularly heartbreaking was to see the impact on eastern Congo’s pygmy community, “one of the last hunter-gatherer communities left on earth.” Alarming humanitarian crisis and massive sexual violence in conflict-wracked eastern Congo, UN says 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The researchers placed the small-eared pygmy rice rat into a plastic chamber and piped in anesthetic gas until it rolled over, asleep. Insight: Amazon rainforest gold mining is poisoning scores of threatened species 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Wildfires have previously set back recovery efforts for the pygmy rabbit population, destroying up to 40% of their habitat, including the 2017 Sutherland Canyon fire and the Pearl Hill fire in 2020. Endangered pygmy rabbit population spared from Baird Springs fire 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Sequencing these samples showed that northern and southern pygmy lorises are distinct species whose most recent common relative lived 1.2 million years ago. Cute and Ugly Pygmy Lorises Are Actually Two Different Species 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the rainforest is rich in biodiversity, including pygmy hippopotamuses, giant forest hogs, canopy monkeys, and chimpanzees, as well as thousands of species of plants. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The emergency directors met with pygmy members in displacement sites where she said they are struggling to survive, with not enough to eat in an unfamiliar environment, and “their rights completely trampled and no accountability.” Alarming humanitarian crisis and massive sexual violence in conflict-wracked eastern Congo, UN says 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, other wild pig species, such as the pygmy hog of India and the Visayan warty pig of the Philippines, both critically endangered, are also at risk. African swine fever settles into Asia 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z QUINCY, Grant County — The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit population, nestled in recovery sites north of Crescent Bar and Ephrata, was spared from the Baird Springs fire. Endangered pygmy rabbit population spared from Baird Springs fire 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z There are only 1,500 pygmy elephants left in the Namibian desert, only 150 desert elephants remaining in the Congo. "Elephants speak in a language that we can't hear": Up close with giants in "Secrets of the Elephant 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The pygmy zebra octopus shares more than a name with the striped African equine. Octopuses’ stripes are unique, like our fingerprints 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In the case of the pygmy shrew, the only scraps the researchers found after three days were inedible fur, bone and skin. Tiny Spider Fells Prey Many Times Its Size 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Minke whales and the nearly extinct pygmy right whale are the smallest of all the baleen whales. Study explains mealtime for the minke whale, the ocean's littlest giant 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s home to endangered forest elephants, pygmy hippos and western chimpanzees. Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The world’s tiniest monkeys, called pygmy marmosets, scamper over branches, and the world’s largest rodents, capybaras, loll along riverbanks. Ecuador Tried to Curb Drilling and Protect the Amazon. The Opposite Happened. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s possible pygmy zebra octopuses recognize one another by these unique stripes, they note. Octopuses’ stripes are unique, like our fingerprints 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Despite noble false widow spiders’ taste for large prey, Dunbar doubts the arachnids will ever pose a serious threat to vertebrates such as pygmy shrews. Tiny Spider Fells Prey Many Times Its Size 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It’s not easy counting Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits. Can drones count endangered rabbits in Central WA better than people can? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Penguin chicks and pygmy goats are among the new entries in the list of residents at London Zoo, which is conducting its annual census. London Zoo counts its new residents in census 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z In 2021, researchers at the Marine Biology Laboratory, in Woodshole, Mass., successfully closed the life cycle in the pygmy zebra octopus. Farm-bred octopus: A benefit to the species or an act of cruelty? 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Research has also shown that pygmy rattlesnakes are more responsive to threats when they are with their offspring when compared with females without babies. Reptiles in Relationships and More Social Secrets of Scaly Species 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The spider then injects a potent concoction of neurotoxins that can paralyze small vertebrates such as pygmy shrews in a matter of minutes, Dunbar says. Tiny Spider Fells Prey Many Times Its Size 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Biologists estimate the number of pygmy rabbits by counting the number of burrows in an area and collecting scat for genetic analysis, said Fish and Wildlife biologist Jon Gallie. Can drones count endangered rabbits in Central WA better than people can? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Based on carbon dating, scientists estimate this pygmy mammoth died 11,000 years ago. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Some, like the pygmy zebra octopus, produce a relatively small number of large eggs, “about the size of a pea,” she said. Farm-bred octopus: A benefit to the species or an act of cruelty? 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z When researchers blocked the activity of vasotocin in pygmy rattlesnake mothers, they strayed farther from their babies, suggesting this hormone may influence maternal behavior. Reptiles in Relationships and More Social Secrets of Scaly Species 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z This suggests that small mammals such as the pygmy shrew—a protected animal in the U.K.—may be a more frequent item on spiders’ menus than previously thought. Tiny Spider Fells Prey Many Times Its Size 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z At the time, Washington had a few native lagomorphs — pikas in the mountains, pygmy rabbits in the sagebrush — but no S. floridanus. What’s up with all these rabbits everywhere? 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z And he said that many of Mr Blair's ministers who visited the US were political "pygmies" who failed to impress their American counterparts. Ex-ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer dies at 78 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Asiatic lions and pygmy hippos at the zoo have their own moats to swim in while other animals, like the red river hogs, get a cooling shower from their zookeeper, Rob added. UK heatwave: The unusual things happening because of the heat 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z In 2012, a study out of the UK found that pygmy goat kids separated into different groups would later share more similar calls when they were raised together. Those screaming goats in "Thor: Love and Thunder" are very much a real thing 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z “The pygmy possums use the eucalyptus leaves from nearby trees to establish the nest,” Mr. Hams said. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z “It’s not like they find a bunch of carcasses, but they go into the field where they knew they had pygmy rabbits and are no longer seeing them.” What’s up with all these rabbits everywhere? 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z But also on the list are lesser-known animals like pygmy rabbits, fisher and wolverines. WA congresswoman says no to bill that would send millions to fish and wildlife agencies 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Modern rodents range in size from pygmy mice weighing less than an ounce to stocky capybaras pushing 175 pounds. Earth’s Largest Rodents Were Smaller Than We Once Thought 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Wildfires continue to chip away at the sagebrush sea, each one removing some of the last remaining habitat for sagebrush-reliant species, such as sage grouse and pygmy rabbits. What’s in store for Eastern WA as water becomes more scarce throughout the West? 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Pygmy possums would be unlikely to share their box with the spiders; in 2019, a huntsman, which can be six inches from leg to leg, reportedly ate a pygmy possum in Tasmania. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Some gardeners and horticulturists might secretly yearn for a cottontail-specific virus to wipe out our S. floridanus — while sparing the poor pygmy rabbits — but their sudden evaporation could trigger other problems. What’s up with all these rabbits everywhere? 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Only one animal parasite, the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is currently included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, and none are included on the U.S. The Scientists Fighting for Parasite Conservation 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Dreith helms this resistance movement from the sofa on her rural pygmy goat farm, an unlikely headquarters for the gateway to abortion access. Abortion resistance braces for demands of a post-Roe future 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Vaccines have also reached the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, the smallest species in North America, under a recovery effort led by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. New Vaccine Could Save Rabbits from Fatal Disease 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z But with or without geckos and spiders, these nest boxes help protect pygmy possums. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The Zoo: San Diego A lappet-faced vulture lays her first egg and a pygmy hippo gives birth for the first time. What's on TV Saturday: ‘West Side Story’ on HBO; ‘Saturday Night Live’ on NBC 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Some researchers have argued it represents a separate genus of pygmy tyrannosaur. They Want to Break T. Rex Into 3 Species. Other Paleontologists Aren’t Pleased. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z While coral reef pygmy govies survive for less than ten weeks, Greenland sharks can endure more than 500 years. Genes Reveal How Some Rockfish Live Up to 200 Years 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The only other non-human mammal that scientists have documented babbling is the pygmy marmoset, a small South American primate species that is not capable of vocal imitation. Bat pups babble and bat moms use baby talk, hinting at the evolution of human language 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z “Tree hollows have been massively depleted around Australia because of logging, and pygmy possum habitat has become extremely fragmented,” Dr. Ritchie said. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Just last year, half of Washington’s pygmy rabbit population was killed during wildfires. Experts express concerns for animal safety as heat waves continue to rip through the Pacific Northwest 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z "I was able to get little spiny-looking, porcupine-like animals like echidnas, to tiny pygmy possums in a tree that were the size of a mouse," he said. 'Doug to the Rescue': Drone pilot saves animals in global disaster zones 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The fires wiped out a decade’s worth of infrastructure and work on behalf of pygmy rabbits, a state endangered species. 2020 wildfires left precious endangered species habitat in Central Washington ‘nothing but ash and dust’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z A pygmy sperm whale was found in February at a Sonoma County beach. 3 more dead gray whales spotted in San Francisco Bay Area 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z In the absence of natural shelter, pygmy possums now inhabit around two-thirds of the nest boxes at the reserve. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z During the experiment, Crook placed a Bock’s pygmy octopus between two chambers, one with stripes on the walls and the other with spots. Octopus ‘Teachers’ Demonstrate They Feel Emotional Pain 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z "The pygmy goats definitely miss the public during lockdown," she says. London Zoo: Second Easter in lockdown looms 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z The baby pygmy rabbits, just a few weeks old, were so small and so fast they were hard to spot in the sagebrush. 2020 wildfires left precious endangered species habitat in Central Washington ‘nothing but ash and dust’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Some people can also echolocate by clicking their tongues, a behavior shared by only a few other animals, including tenrecs, a shrew-like animal from Madagascar, and the Vietnamese pygmy dormouse, which is effectively blind. Echolocation is nature’s built-in sonar. Here’s how it works. 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z This may even explain why the gecko decided to live with the pygmy possum family. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift’s Dr. Lemuel Gulliver sails to Lilliput, land of pygmies, and Brobdingnag, land of giants. Movies on TV this week: 'Toy Story' and 'Toy Story 2' on Freeform 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z I recorded the transition of a juvenile pygmy seahorse and it took five days to become a perfect match with the gorgonian. The secret world of pygmy seahorses, where males give birth – photo essay 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Jon Gallie, pygmy rabbit biologist for the WDFW, returned after the fires to the location of the enclosure where he and other department staff were raising pygmy rabbits for release to the wild. 2020 wildfires left precious endangered species habitat in Central Washington ‘nothing but ash and dust’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z It stuck to all the other pygmy hippos, too, every last one of which was named Gumdrop. Perspective | What’s in a name? For animals at the National Zoo, all sorts of considerations. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z He opened the lid of a nest box for western pygmy possums at the Monjebup Nature Reserve, which his organization manages in southwestern Australia. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z In Washington, biologists estimate the fires have killed 50% of the state’s endangered pygmy rabbits, which inhabit sagebrush flats that burned this year. As wildfires continue in western United States, biologists fear for vulnerable species 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z During my keynote presentation, I mentioned these pygmy seahorses and that I was sure they were a new species. The secret world of pygmy seahorses, where males give birth – photo essay 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z As the shrubsteppe they depend on for food and cover has been lost to farming and grazing, both sage grouse and pygmy rabbit have declined in numbers. 2020 wildfires left precious endangered species habitat in Central Washington ‘nothing but ash and dust’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The fires are destroying crucial wildlife areas and gravely diminishing populations of endangered animals in Washington — from the sage grouse to the tiny, one-pound pygmy rabbit. Live: Wildfire news updates, September 16: What to know today about the destructive fires in Washington state and on the West Coast 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z There, among the leaves, he found not just a family of pygmy possums, but also a small, orange-eyed lizard known as a western spiny-tailed gecko. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z While these lands endure severe, sere conditions, they are among the most diverse habitats in the state, home to the burrowing owl, sagebrush sparrow, strutting sage grouse and the sweet-faced pygmy rabbit. Endangered wildlife, habitat burned in Washingon’s wildfires 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Just one species of pygmy seahorse was known before the turn of the millennium. The secret world of pygmy seahorses, where males give birth – photo essay 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Among the success stories were the black-footed ferret, Javan rhinoceros, pygmy hog and pink pigeon. Extinction Is Not Inevitable. These Species Were Saved. 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Bring back the fern, the fish, the frond and the fowl, the golden toad and the pygmy owl, revisit the scene where swallowtails fly through acres of unexhausted sky. Poem: Bring Back the Leaf 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z The pygmy possum mother, her litter of babies, and the two- to three-inch gecko were not just passing through. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The assemblage of sage and other plants is critical to the survival of the pygmy rabbit, sage grouse, and sharp-tailed grouse. Endangered wildlife, habitat burned in Washingon’s wildfires 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z That, in turn, means the pygmy seahorse faces an uncertain future. The secret world of pygmy seahorses, where males give birth – photo essay 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The shy, 10-inch tall pygmy hogs suffered severe habitat loss and were thought to be extinct in the 1960s. Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z All rabbits and hares in Wyoming are susceptible to the disease, including game and nongame species like cottontail rabbits, jack rabbits and pygmy rabbits, said Samantha Allen, department state wildlife veterinarian. Wyoming wildlife officials to test dead rabbits for disease 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Species of particular concern include the pygmy rabbit, which has populations at risk, such as those in Washington state. A deadly virus is killing wild rabbits in North America 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z For the tiny pygmy rabbit, weighing only a pound and standing not even a foot tall at maturity, the situation is grim. Endangered wildlife, habitat burned in Washingon’s wildfires 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z They reported the strongest ghost signal in the Khoisan people and in Central African hunter-gatherers formerly known as pygmies. Mysterious ‘ghost’ populations had multiple trysts with human ancestors 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Ben Baker, team manager of reptiles at the zoo, said there was "very little known about bearded pygmy chameleons" but as a group, chameleons were one of the "most threatened reptiles" in Africa. 'Fingertip-sized' pygmy chameleons hatch at zoo 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z As if that’s not enough, the Puppy Bowl will feature some cheerleaders in the form of pygmy goats and armadillos, who will be there to root for either Team Ruff or Team Fluff. Puppy Bowl 2020: Where to watch and what to know 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Formerly home to the Tellem pygmies, these once-bustling cities were built in the 11th century but mysteriously abandoned in the 16th. The most powerful — and mysterious — abandoned cities the world forgot 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z There's also concern for the pygmy possums and the southern brown bandicoot on the island. Bushfires bring 'apocalypse' to Kangaroo Island 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Not long ago, they found themselves in possession of a marmoset - a chattering, long-tailed South American pygmy monkey - which are illegal in Minnesota. St. Paul Animal Control sees opportunity for collaboration 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The bearded pygmy chameleons, born after a 70-day incubation period, are being cared for in a special, behind-the-scenes rearing facility at the zoo. 'Fingertip-sized' pygmy chameleons hatch at zoo 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The Forever Wild Land Trust bought land where the rare spring pygmy sunfish lives near the Mazda Toyota plant being built in Limestone County, news outlets reported. Trust buys land to protect fish near north Alabama car plant 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In June, a man staying at a lodge in Tasmania, Australia, witnessed a large huntsman spider eating what appeared to be a pygmy possum. Shocking photo of a colony of huntsman spiders living together found in Australia 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The zoo’s sixth pygmy hippo, it is cute and healthy, but so far nameless. A question of taste in Thai contest to name baby pygmy hippo 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The pygmy owl was protected as an endangered species from 1997 to 2006, but lost that status following a developer’s lawsuit that resulted in the protection’s removal. Arizona’s tiny desert owl has new chance for protection 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The infection was also found in pygmy killer whales that stranded themselves at the same beach in August. Scientists: Maui beached whales were fighting infections 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z According to the international conservation group WWF, there are only 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants left. Endangered elephant shot 70 times, tusks hacked off, officials say 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday the bodies of the two pygmy killer whales are being flown to Oahu for post-mortem examination by the University of Hawaii. The Latest: 2 euthanized dolphins showed signs of illness 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The bodies of the two pygmy killer whales were being flown to Oahu for post-mortem examination by the University of Hawaii, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. 2 dolphins euthanized after stranding on Hawaii beach 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The pygmy hippopotamus is a large mammal native to the forests and swamps of western Africa. Pygmy hippo born at Montgomery Zoo 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s logical to assume the threat of lions becoming as rare as a northern hairy-nosed wombat or a pygmy three-toed sloth would make big-game hunters take the king of beasts off their to-do lists. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Malaysian officials on Monday said the mutilated corpse of an endangered pygmy elephant was found on Borneo island last week with about 70 gunshot wounds and tusks hacked off. Endangered elephant shot 70 times, tusks hacked off, officials say 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z A New York City Department of Environmental Protection field ecologist recently found a southern pygmy clubtail dragonfly living along a tributary to the city’s Rondout Reservoir. Rare dragonfly spotted near reservoir in Catskills 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The venomous snakes are the eastern coral snake, the southern copperhead, the cottonmouth, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the timber rattlesnake and the dusky pygmy rattlesnake. Florida man bitten by venomous snake: 'My life just flashed through my head' 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z “It’s the first time I’ve seen a pygmy possum as prey.” 'Epic photo': huntsman spider eats pygmy possum in Australia 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z SAT Grand Opening of new grocery store, games, pygmy goats, 20% off all fresh produce, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: Edmonds Art Festival, Tukwila Pride, Meeker Days Festival, Japanese Garden Family Saturday 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z While examining a deceased pygmy rattlesnake last summer, a Florida professor and a biology fellow were stunned as they watched wiggling parasitic worms slowly emerge from the serpent's open mouth. Bloodsucking worms found in Florida rattlesnake species alarm researchers: It's a 'nasty situation' 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Returning favorites include racing pigs, the Northwest Living & Garden Show, DockDogs competition, the Fair Farm, pygmy goats, miniature horses, a llama exhibit, rabbit show and Shepherd’s Extravaganza. ‘Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission’ exhibit splashes down at the Museum of Flight 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The Sun attacks MPs, calling them a "parliament of pygmies" who "calamitously let down the nation". In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The little pygmy possum grows to seven grams in weight and has a head and body length of only 5-6.5 centimetres. 'Epic photo': huntsman spider eats pygmy possum in Australia 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z To manage this huge menagerie, the Cephalopod Program must raise small species, such as the marble-size pygmy zebra octopus. Inside the grand and sometimes slimy plan to turn octopuses into lab animals 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “The parasites that were found in the pygmy rattlesnakes were larger than the ones found in Burmese pythons,” Farrell explained. Bloodsucking worms found in Florida rattlesnake species alarm researchers: It's a 'nasty situation' 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Hillsides once blanketed with pygmy forests of chaparral are mottled with bare ground and clumps of young chamise and ceanothus shrubs. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The Sun Sentinel reports a state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports says officials confiscated several snakes found alive, including one copperhead, two canebrakes and seven Carolina pygmies. Teen accused of illegally keeping venomous snakes in closet 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The eastern pygmy can grow to between 15 grams and 43 grams in weight – which is less than a golf ball, with a body length of 7-11 centimetres. 'Epic photo': huntsman spider eats pygmy possum in Australia 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Although UKB data cast doubt on natural selection's role in that case, they do suggest that evolution has favored genes for shortness in pygmy populations on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Genetic data on half a million Brits reveal ongoing evolution and Neanderthal legacy 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a nasty situation because the pygmy rattlesnakes haven’t evolved or developed defenses against the parasite.” Bloodsucking worms found in Florida rattlesnake species alarm researchers: It's a 'nasty situation' 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z To attract hummingbirds, he played the call of a pygmy owl on his phone. In Colombia, adventures in former rebel strongholds 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z The Center for Biological Diversity and Tennessee Riverkeeper said Thursday the $6 million agreement will protect endangered spring pygmy sunfish that live in waters near the $1.6 billion factory in Limestone County. Mazda Toyota reach environmental agreement over fish 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Tasmania is home to two types of pygmy possums – the little pygmy and the eastern pygmy. 'Epic photo': huntsman spider eats pygmy possum in Australia 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The huge variety of critters enchanted her — harbor seals, pygmy goats, even a baby hippo named Kubwa Sana. After caring for the critters at Woodland Park Zoo for more than 40 years, animal-rehab pioneer Harmony Frazier plans her retirement, and preps her replacements 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Ten pygmy whales were also found dead on a beach in Northland on Sunday. Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Fifty-one pilot whales died Friday in another mass stranding in New Zealand, less than a week after 145 pilot whales and nine pygmy killer whales perished in two other, unrelated strandings. 51 pilot whales die in another mass stranding in New Zealand 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The waterway is one of only two places where the spring pygmy sunfish lives. Mazda Toyota reach environmental agreement over fish 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z At the opposite end of the country, rescuers at Ninety Mile Beach, near the northern tip of the North Island, delayed efforts to refloat eight stranded pygmy killer whales until Tuesday because of bad weather. More Than 140 Whales Die in New Zealand After Mass Beaching 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Ten pygmy killer whales were initially found stranded Sunday at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. 6 whales refloated after stranding on New Zealand beach 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Ten pygmy killer whales were found stranded Sunday at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. 6 whales refloated after stranding on New Zealand beach 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z On Sunday, 10 pygmy killer whales were found stranded at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. 51 pilot whales die in another mass stranding in New Zealand 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z In an unrelated event, 12 pygmy killer whales were discovered stranded Sunday at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island, nonprofit organization Project Jonah New Zealand said in a Facebook post. 145 whales die on New Zealand island after being stranded on beach 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z However, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales that remained stranded Monday at the other end of the country in an unrelated event. 145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z In separate incidents, 10 pygmy whales and a sperm whale were also beached in New Zealand over the weekend. Almost 150 whales die on New Zealand beach 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Ten pygmy killer whales were also stranded on Sunday at 90 Mile Beach on the western coast of the North Island. Up to 145 whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Eight pygmy whales remain stranded on 90 mile beach in Northland, with two others from the same pod euthanised over the weekend. More than 140 pilot whales die in 'heartbreaking' New Zealand stranding 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z However, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales that remain stranded at the other end of the country in an unrelated event. 145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, on Sunday, 10 pygmy killer whales were found stranded at Ninety Mile Beach on the North Island. 145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Rampant logging continues to destroy both plant and animal life in the island’s forests, and exotic creatures such as the Stumpffia pygmy frog, one of the world’s smallest amphibians, remain under threat. Madagascar guides fret about the future as loggers destroy forests 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Live in the city and want a pygmy pig as a pet? Albany to City: Drop Dead 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z A 15-metre male sperm whale beached and died at Doubtful Sound on Saturday, while a female pygmy sperm whale washed up dead at Ohiwa over the weekend. More than 140 pilot whales die in 'heartbreaking' New Zealand stranding 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Two pygmy killer whales that tried to beach themselves in Clearwater on Wednesday are being tested for the toxin. Fishing rules altered because of Florida’s red tide 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Baby-faced with oversized ears and long tails that drag on the ground, pygmy elephants are found on Borneo island which is shared by Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Pygmy elephant deaths in Borneo prompt Malaysian probe 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Now he finds himself rejuvenated, looking like a giant among pygmies or the seasoned professional who joins the neighbourhood kids for a kickabout in the park. Kepa Arrizabalaga and Alisson show youth beats experience for keepers | Paul Wilson 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Now, genetic evidence from modern pygmies on Flores—who are unrelated to the hobbit—confirms that humans, too, are subject to so-called island dwarfing. Island living can shrink humans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z One leading hypothesis for the evolution of the pygmy body type is a shortage of food. Bodies Keep Shrinking on This Island, and Scientists Aren't Sure Why 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z It was always controversial that modern-day Flores pygmies might be partly descended from Hobbits. Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Loss of habitat is the biggest threat for the pygmy elephants, with deforestation, logging and rapid expansion of palm oil plantations contributing to the decline in their population. Pygmy elephant deaths in Borneo prompt Malaysian probe 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “While technologically and financially you are giants, morally you are pygmies,” the late Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, told him. Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg, give up on China before you embarrass yourself even more 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z With the pygmies' permission, they began a "model" collaboration with Indonesian researchers, says molecular biologist and co-author Herawati Sudoyo of the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in Jakarta. Island living can shrink humans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z News media report that the Center for Biological Diversity told a federal court Wednesday that the Huntsville-area project threatens to pollute springs in one of two sites where spring pygmy sunfish live. Environmental group: will sue over Toyota plant plans 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Scientists decoded the DNA of modern-day "pygmy" people to find out if they might be partly descended from the extinct Hobbit species. Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z It contrasts “the pomp” of Trump meeting the Queen, with the Labour leader’s decision to join 100,000 protesters, calling him a “pygmy”. Trump, May and 'fake schmooze': today's front pages 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The zoo said the median life expectancy for a pygmy hippo is just over 26 years. Pygmy hippopotamus Francesca dies at Oklahoma City Zoo 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The pygmies' genomes also reflect an environmental shift. Island living can shrink humans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The endangered pygmy three-toed sloth lives only on a small island off Panama, where it eats leaves “believed to contain alkaloids with a property similar to Valium,” Cooke writes in her sloth chapter. A Look at the Inner Lives of 13 Species of Animals You Think You Know 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z While there has been considerable research - and controversy - on the subject of the Hobbit, the evolutionary origins of living pygmy people - who also typically show small stature - have not been well studied. Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The aquarium says pygmy whales are usually found in tropical areas, but they migrate to New England and Canadian waters in the summer and fall. Rarely-seen whale dies after washing ashore 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z This was a bizarre suggestion, given that Russia is not only an international outlaw but also an economic pygmy whose GDP does not even rank in the top 10. Opinion | Trump turns the G-7 into the G-6 vs. G-1 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z This suggests natural selection favored existing genes for shortness while the pygmies' ancestors were on Flores. Island living can shrink humans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z It is a rice rat, not a pygmy rice rat. Is This the World’s Most Diverse National Park? 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Like some other humans in the same region, the pygmies have inherited part of their DNA code from both Neanderthals and another type of early human, the Denisovans. Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But since they spend much of their time munching on fruit high up in the rain forest, they tend to be difficult to track, so researchers in these parts rely on local experts: pygmies. A Next-Level Safari Vacation: The Africa Few Adventurers See 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z She won the argument, and unmasked this giant as a naked pygmy. I’ve been called a whore for my part in the #MeToo campaign. It won’t stop me | Asia Argento 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Instead, the pygmies were most closely related to other East Asians. Island living can shrink humans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The country's rapidly disappearing forests are home to Western chimpanzees, classified as critically endangered since 2016, forest elephants and the rare pygmy hippopotamus. Explainer: Plans to end cocoa deforestation face multiple hurdles 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The scientists also found that the modern pygmies have a high occurrence of gene variants that are associated with reduced height and plant-based diets. Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Other animal displays include cattle, llamas, miniature horses, pygmy goats, DockDogs, racing pigs, reptiles, and Shepherds’ Extravaganza with sheep and spinning and weaving demonstrations. Animals, rides, food and fun at the Washington State Spring Fair 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Ronda Russell said Misty and other miniature horses, miniature donkeys and six pygmy goats visited area parades, nursing homes and preschools, festivals and other events. Reward offered for information in miniature horse shooting 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z It suggests their ancestors underwent a "big shift in diet" after reaching Flores, perhaps eating pygmy elephants or marine foods, says population geneticist Rasmus Nielsen of UC Berkeley, who was not part of the study. Island living can shrink humans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Wiebe was searching for northern pygmy owls to photograph when a flurry of movement caught his eye. Hear the Otherworldly Screams of Lynx in Battle 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z If scientists do not have a reference sample of Hobbit DNA, then how can they be confident that the present-day pygmies are not descended from Hobbits? Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z While the political pygmies who opposed her will be forgotten, she lives on in history as a global icon. Benazir Bhutto showed you can be a mother and prime minister – I know, I am her son 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Authorities say pygmy sperm whales, which are a federally protected species, typically grow to about 11 feet long and weigh about 700 to 1,000 pounds. Pygmy sperm whale dies after washing ashore in Florida 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Northern pygmy owls are diurnal animals, meaning they hunt during the day and are susceptible to window strikes. Wyoming raptor center treats injured owl 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “Sometimes when you make a noise like a pygmy owl, birds will come in,” she said. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The singer was on hand as the 26-year-old pygmy hippopotamus Francesca made her first Oklahoma public appearance since moving from the San Diego Zoo. Singer of novelty song welcomes hippopotamus to Oklahoma 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Could he design a small robotic toy that resembled a pygmy marmoset, a tiny Amazonian monkey that Ms. Wiseman had been obsessed with since she was a child growing up in Montreal. How the Fingerling Caught On (Robot Grip and All) as 2017’s Hot Toy 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Could he design a small robotic toy that resembled a pygmy marmoset, a tiny Amazonian monkey that Wiseman had been obsessed with since she was a child growing up in Montreal. Fingerlings: How a $15 monkey became the year’s hottest toy 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z The only other known species of hippos are the smaller pygmy hippos, which are endangered. Fiona the Famous Baby Hippo—Everything You Need to Know 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Tiucetus was part of that, Marx and colleagues write, connecting the cetotheriids with a broader array of whales that includes today's pygmy right whale. Paleo Profile: The Sand Whale 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z In Central America’s “northern triangle”, a region of political pygmies, Mr Hernández counts as a colossus. Juan Orlando Hernández looks headed for re-election in Honduras 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Adyson Griffin, 6, was bit by a pygmy rattlesnake last month while playing outside, the Tulsa World reported. Oklahoma sees increase in pygmy rattlesnake bites 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z She pulled up the picture of a wild pygmy marmoset that launched the idea for the Fingerlings. Fingerlings: How a $15 monkey became the year’s hottest toy 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Previous TetZooCons have covered everything from sauropod necks, mermaids and the portrayal of pterosaurs in art to amphibian conservation, speculative zoology, the history of bears in Britain, pygmy elephants and photographing wildlife. The Fourth TetZooCon 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z The Batwa are pygmies, well known for their height - or rather lack of it. Food in a fragile world 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z She owns 11 African pygmy hedgehogs and hoglets, one of the most popular species of domesticated hedgehog in the UK. Should we keep pygmy hedgehogs as pets? - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Population figures for the pygmy sperm whale in the Atlantic Ocean are unknown, but the whales are not considered endangered. Couple who found beached whale thought they saved its life 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z I visited a pygmy goat farm on Wednesday. The week in patriarchy: it's easy to feel overwhelmed and paralyzed | Jessica Valenti 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Erika Delamarre, a master of advanced studies candidate at Scripps, was one of the student researchers who helped calm and cool the pygmy sperm whale last month until the SeaWorld team arrived. Pygymy sperm whale rescued from beach dies 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The snout of the new species was about twice as short as that of a modern-day bottlenose dolphin, more closely resembling the snouts of pygmy sperm whales and harbor porpoises. New Species of Prehistoric Dolphin Slurped Up Its Prey 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Tiny, spiky, squeaking and snorting - pygmy hedgehogs are a prickly issue. Should we keep pygmy hedgehogs as pets? - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Those survivors, found among about 70 pygmy rabbit carcasses, bolster hope the species will be able to continue its rehabilitation in Washington state. Quick-acting scientists save dozens of rare pygmy rabbits from Washington wildfire 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z It is home to some 15 species, including a pygmy owl, a mountain tanager and a foliage gleaner, which are found nowhere else. Colombia’s future involves fewer terrorists and more ecotourists 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Delamarre said like many mammals, including humans, pygmy sperm whales develop slowly and tend to rely on their mothers for nursing and other needs for a long time. Pygymy sperm whale rescued from beach dies 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z “I’ve never known infants that are as stubborn and independent as pygmy hippo calfs,” she adds. 'We're her sort of mum': behind the scenes at Taronga zoo | photo-essay 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Emma says she "never dreamed in a million years" that pygmy hedgehogs would become so popular, but worries what the demand means for their welfare. Should we keep pygmy hedgehogs as pets? - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The area is home to a host of endangered species, from the handful of American jaguars living at the far northern end of the big cat’s range, to the diminutive cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. Trump’s border wall threatens the Sonora Desert — and no law can stop it 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z The island is also home to an endemic pygmy gecko, a species that was only discovered in 2012. Why flying goats in yoga pants could save a Caribbean island - BBC News 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z As a result, much of what is known about pygmy sperm whales is learned from studying beached animals, which is not uncommon. Pygymy sperm whale rescued from beach dies 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Sapo National Park is home to a variety of endangered species, including elephants, pangolins, pygmy hippos and western chimpanzees. Forest rangers tortured and killed by illegal settlers in Liberia rainforest 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z A Belfast police officer responded Sunday morning to find the pygmy goats in a woman’s garage. Police pick up adorable intruders: A pair of pygmy goats 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z One study found that the endangered cactus ferruginous pygmy owl — which bears a striking resemblance to The Sword in the Stone’s fussy cartoon owl Archimedes — won’t fly up over the 30-foot wall. Trump’s border wall threatens the Sonora Desert — and no law can stop it 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z We talked about travels – Iceland, Africa – and Plato, Socrates, the pygmies, William Burroughs, poets… She was clearly intensely curious, life-loving, adventurous. My life with Oliver Sacks: ‘He was the most unusual person I had ever known’ 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Time your visit right to catch the farm’s entire African pygmy goat herd stampede past during the daily “Running of the Goats.” 7 things to do on a Victoria, BC spring break escape | Provided By Clipper Vacations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Except in the case of pygmy goats, for which he has a taste, he seems to kill for sport. Lions of Los Angeles 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Its wooded hills, grasslands and tropical forests host many endangered species including the tiger, pygmy hog, Indian rhinoceros and Indian elephant. More than 100 natural world heritage sites degraded by human activity, says report 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The zoo says bonobos, also known as pygmy chimpanzees, are the smallest and rarest great ape species. Columbus Zoo celebrates birth of endangered great ape 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Two men have been charged with stealing three rare pygmy marmosets from a wildlife park in Australia. Rare pygmy marmosets stolen from Australian wildlife park - BBC News 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z And they are generally happy to embrace their roles as the pygmy elephants of their sport, the baby grand pianos of the game: little, but not that little. N.F.L. Offenses Are Changing, So Some Offensive Linemen Are Shrinking 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z In Peru, a pygmy anteater, also known as a silky anteater, was presented by the Huachipa Zoo in an event to promote their own pair of silky anteaters, who just turned 11 years old. AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z According to the BBC, days of violence erupted in the Congo’s Katanga province, when Batwa people , also known as pygmies, accused the Luba ethnic group of levying an illegal tax and beating up caterpillar vendors. 'Caterpillar Tax' Causes Deadly Violence in DR Congo 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The Luba then launched a revenge attack, killing at least 13 pygmies. 'Caterpillar tax': DR Congo ethnic clash sees 16 killed - BBC News 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z In nine chapters, she profiles 11 distinct owl species, from the diminutive northern pygmy owl to the “notoriously elusive” great gray owl. An ode to the owl 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Sensing potential clients, a stallholder pulls a tiny pygmy marmoset and a saddle-backed tamarin from her bun as they emit high-pitched shrieks. Wildlife butchers of Belén: the town that serves up rare species for a few dollars 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The genomes were drawn from people in hundreds of indigenous populations: Basques, African pygmies, Mayans, Bedouins, Sherpas and Cree Indians, to name just a few. A Single Migration From Africa Populated the World, Studies Find 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The size of the find has left the scientists puzzled because they can’t determine if it’s a Columbian or pygmy mammoth, according to the park. 'Well-preserved' rare mammoth skull unearthed in Channel Islands puzzles scientists 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Days of violence began when a group of Batwa, also known as pygmies, accused the Luba ethnic group of imposing an illegal levy on the sale of caterpillars and beating up vendors. 'Caterpillar tax': DR Congo ethnic clash sees 16 killed - BBC News 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z They call him a petty autocrat who governs by text message and fills his cabinet with political pygmies to enhance his own authority. The changeling 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Lib recalled cartoons in the popular press depicting them as apish pygmies. Emma Donoghue’s Art of Starvation 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It is the consequence of what may be Ivory Coast's last chance save the most rapidly disappearing forest in Africa, home to endangered chimpanzees, forest elephants and the rare pygmy hippopotamus. Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Two decades ago Batwa pygmies were thrown out of their native forests in Uganda to make way for the country's mountain gorilla tourism. The dark side of Uganda's gorilla tourism industry - BBC News 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But there is a running feud in the area between pygmies and other ethnic groups. 'Caterpillar tax': DR Congo ethnic clash sees 16 killed - BBC News 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Most of the goats - an assortment of alpine, pygmy and angora mixes - are already in their new homes. We kid you not: New homes found for 4 dozen needy goats 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z This tiny Denise pygmy seahorse—the world's smallest—was photographed in West Papua, Indonesia. Romance of the Seas: Strange Mating Habits of the Seahorse He wonders why anybody would want to own a 5-inch pygmy marmoset monkey, when it wouldn’t be big enough to fetch a beer. Vashon tries to keep it real despite an influx of people and money 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z From abundant animal and plant remains they built a picture of the ancient environment: savannalike grasslands watered by meandering streams and populated by pygmy elephants, giant rats, freshwater crocodiles, and carnivorous Komodo dragons. Tiny jaw reveals dawn of the hobbit 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z There are four miniature Sicilian donkeys, three African pygmy goats, twelve Silkie Bantam chickens, four dogs, and a lone rabbit named Hector Fuzzbottom. Prepare to be jealous: They left Santa Monica for luxury farm living (and pygmy goats!) 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z In their study, the scientists compared 141 humans to 27 chimpanzees, 11 orangutans, 10 gorillas and eight bonobos -- pygmy chimpanzees. Why Humans Have Bigger Brains 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The term pygmy is often used in Congo and in other parts of Africa, although the forest dwellers tend to refer to themselves by the names of their groups. In Congo, Wars Are Small and Chaos Is Endless 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z The less said about them the better, for anyone hoping to avoid spoilers, but: One looks like a cross between a pygmy hippo, a lamprey and a mirror ball. ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’: Monsters just outside — and inside — the bunker door 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The low-starch groups were African pygmies, some African cattle farmers and a Russian ethnic group known as the Yakut. Paleo-diet debates evolve into something bigger 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The complaint contains eye-witness accounts of alleged brutality, video testimonies, and reports from the Cameroonian press accusing the eco guards guards of violent actions against the pygmy groups. WWF accused of facilitating human rights abuses of tribal people in Cameroon 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z This pygmy marmoset, another endangered animal, is on sale at a market in Maynas, Peru. The Dark Side of Trendy Animal Photos 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Many of the people who live here are members of the Bambote, one of several forest-dwelling hunter-gatherer groups in Congo widely known as pygmies for their short stature. In Congo, Wars Are Small and Chaos Is Endless 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z But the team also found vestiges of the ‘backflow’ migration in West Africans and in a pygmy group in Central Africa, the Mbuti. Report that much of Africa has Eurasian ancestry is mistaken 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The tiny Risk armies thrown at pygmy dictators by the oppressed peoples are everywhere. The real Snowzilla was the epic mess our kids made while home from school 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Because there is so little census data on pygmies, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where most of them live, the survey relied on techniques normally used for counting animals and plants. Deforestation Threatens Pygmies, Study Finds 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The boxfish was photographed in Indonesia, as were the striped triplefin and pygmy seahorse below. Swimming with elephants and sharks - BBC News 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z An African pygmy goat that behaves like a dog has been given a special permit from Defra so he can go for "walkies". Hobo the African pygmy goat behaves like a dog - BBC News 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z A gigantic sky - cobalt blue in one half and dark with incoming rain in the other - hangs over a landscape where antelope roam and pygmy rabbits bound. Scenic mountain is centerpiece of wilderness proposal 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z This baby pygmy goat was clearly intimidated by the prospect of even trying. Inspiring, Adorable Baby Goat Learns How to Hop 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z And in August, three pygmy marmosets and two acouchi rodents vanished. 2 penguins missing, 1 dead at Dortmund Zoo; police investigate if linked to other incidents 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Orcutt’s goats are Nigerian dwarfs and pygmies, two of the smaller breeds. Chesterfield woman considers goats her pets 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The pygmy hippopotamus, from the forests of West Africa, is listed on a list of threatened species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The pygmy hippo is threatened in the wild, where it is thought fewer than 2,000 survive. Endangered pygmy hippo born at Bristol zoo - BBC News 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The pygmy hippo is threatened in the wild, where it is thought less than 2,000 survive. Endangered pygmy hippo born at Bristol Zoo - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z There was a blowgun, a weapon often associated with big-screen pygmies and assassins, but as unlikely on the streets of New York as a garrote. A Bleecker Street Salesman Dealing in Knives, Garrotes and Blowguns 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The smallest goat working at Bryan Park was a young, fawn-sized pygmy named Daisy. Chesterfield woman considers goats her pets 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z "Sad to announce the death of our pygmy hippo calf," an official with the San Diego Zoo wrote on Twitter. Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z “Our reading, our conversation and thinking, are all on a very low level, worthy only of pygmies and manikins.” Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z In the genomes of Mbuti pygmies who live in the rain forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 6 percent of the DNA comes from Eurasians. Scientists Sequence First Ancient Human Genome From Africa 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z These farmers’ DNA reached deep into the continent, spreading even to groups considered isolated, such as the Khoisan of South Africa and the pygmies of the Congo. First DNA extracted from an ancient African skeleton shows widespread mixing with Eurasians 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Blake Skinner’s mother, Letia Skinner, says he was playing in his backyard in Slaughterville on Sept. 10 when he was bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake. Zoo’s anti-venom helps Oklahoma boy recover from snakebites 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z It was the first surviving pygmy hippo birth at the San Diego Zoo in more than a decade, it said. Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z By far, the most famous residents are her pygmy goats, the ones she calls “circus ponies.” Media personality finds her ‘most authentic self’ in farming 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials are trying to determine whether a pygmy sperm whale that washed ashore at Mustang Island State Park was killed by red tide. More reports of red tide, fish kills along Texas coast 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Under his scientific guidance, the National Aquarium’s Marine Animal Rescue Program cared for numerous stranded animals, including turtles and pygmy sperm whales. Joseph R. Geraci, scientist and former National Aquarium official, dies at 77 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Banner theorized that the zoo’s anti-venom worked because pygmy rattlesnakes are close genetic cousins of those snakes. Zoo’s anti-venom helps Oklahoma boy recover from snakebites 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z In Australia, a pygmy hippopotamus calf was unveiled in June at Melbourne Zoo, the first to be born there since 1981. Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The efforts on behalf of the sage-grouse, he adds, are helping preserve an ecosystem that supports 350 other species, including golden eagles, mule deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, and pygmy rabbits. How An Iconic Western Bird Is Stepping Back From the Brink 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The heavyweight wrestler couldn’t abandon the pygmy tribes that became his adopted family. MMA heavyweight Wren returns from Africa for a new fight 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The term pygmy usually refers to a few groups of short-statured people in equatorial rain forest regions in Africa. Diminutive Peoples Took Different Paths To Petite 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z West said she and other pygmy researchers “are really excited” about the Maui whale because its full belly might help them learn more about the species. Scientists studying dead pygmy sperm whale 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z At one time, there was a pygmy hippo, now extinct because of human hunting, which was the size of a large pig. ‘Madagascar’ at the Bruce Museum Displays Rare Flora and Fauna 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z A three-man queue was mustered so the president could be photographed waiting in line while Batwa pygmies, a marginalised minority ethnic group, clapped and sang for him. Burundi goes to the polls in disputed election after night of violence 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He also acknowledged the enormous opportunity he held in his powerful hands: MMA is a platform to reach untold millions with the pygmies’ story. MMA heavyweight Wren returns from Africa for a new fight 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z For the next three weeks New Yorkers flocked to the zoo to gawk at and harass the “pygmy” from Africa. When Americans shamefully put a human on display in the zoo 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z A day earlier, the New York Times had reported that a young African man – a so-called “pygmy” – had been put on display in the monkey house of the city’s largest zoo. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Over a century after Tyson's pygmy chimp a mandrill was brought to Bristol on a slave ship and was taught to drink gin and smoke a pipe. Listening to the language of apes - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The remains are believed to be those of a pygmy mammoth. Discovery shows mammoths in Channel Islands much earlier 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z At his laboratory on campus, Dr. Greene plugged the recording of the pygmy owl fracas into a computer that he likened to an “acoustic microscope.” Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Verner moved untouched and unconcerned through this nightmarish terrain, “hunting pygmies,” protected by Belgian and American support, Newkirk writes. When Americans shamefully put a human on display in the zoo 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But spectators continued to flock to the monkey house, hoping to steal a glimpse of the “pygmy”. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z On 1 June 1698 the foremost anatomist of the day, Edward Tyson, came before the Royal Society to present his findings on the dissection of a pygmy chimpanzee. Listening to the language of apes - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Water may be the most pliable surface insects have to jump from, Dr. Burrows said, and the most bizarre solution to the problem that he has found is that of the pygmy mole cricket. Legs, Not Wings, Give Moths a Flying Start 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps a big Steller’s jay hears a chickadee’s frantic alarm in the face of a little pygmy owl and says, in effect, “‘I’m not worried,’ ” Dr.. Greene said. Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Over the years, they’ve kept a porcupine and a pygmy owl as rescue pets; Janzen remarked to me wistfully that he wished it were possible to have a pet rattlesnake. Climate Change vs. Conservation 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Benga elected to travel with Verner on learning that he “wanted to employ pygmies”. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z But it was work with a pygmy chimp that purportedly showed how sophisticated this species' language is. Listening to the language of apes - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z By turns, Russia was predicted to become an economic basket case, an energy powerhouse, a political pygmy and an aggressively revanchist regional power. Russia's Current Ukraine Aggression Was Predicted More Than 20 Years Ago 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Back at the lab, Dr. Greene pointed to the alarm call on the spectrogram in response to the pygmy owl. Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z After Leto’s 2014 win, we were completely saturated with these pygmy ponytails on dudes. Take Jared Leto's Lead and Chop Off That Man Bun, Please 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z They obtained another “pygmy” who had been temporarily placed in a local mission. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Acknowledging his debts to Truman in health care, education and civil rights, Johnson privately told him that his presidential record was unequaled, adding, “It makes all of us look like pygmies.” L.B.J. and Truman: The Bond That Helped Forge Medicare 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z In Africa’s year of elections, with democracy in retreat in many parts of the continent, Lesotho is a pygmy beside giants like Nigeria and other larger nations facing votes. Why Lesotho's election is a crucial test for African democracy 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “That sound humans hear simply as chick-a-dee actually could contain information differentiating between a Cooper’s hawk and a pygmy owl. We know birds hear this as if it’s slowed down,” he said. Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z James Hanken, a herpetologist and director of the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has used DNA sequencing to study Thorius, a genus of pygmy salamander that is endemic to Mexico. Museums: The endangered dead 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Since then, Verner told McGee, he had written extensively on scientific matters in Africa, noting his articles on “pygmies” published in the Spectator and the Atlantic Monthly. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The reward is now $3,000 for information leading to conviction of whoever killed the hybrid of pygmy and dwarf goats. Reward $3000 for info about New Orleans baby goat beheading 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The zoo also says the animal “is a particularly welcome addition to the Zoo because there is a shortage of male pygmy hippos within the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme.” Here's an Adorable Newborn Pygmy Hippo Just Doing His Thing 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Parsing one of myriad encounters with a pygmy or other roboraptors, even with the help of a computer, will take the researchers hours. Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z In 1994, on seeking a fourth term as governor, he was ignominiously drummed out of Albany and replaced by the upstate Republican George Pataki, whom he regarded as a pygmy. What Is Mario Cuomo’s Legacy? 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Verner reiterated that he had, in a previous letter to McGee, “covered the ground of what I thought wise in the event of a non-assent of the pygmies”; however, that letter has not been located. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z A large wildlife sanctuary in Sierra Leone, the island is home to pygmy hippopotamuses, hundreds of bird species and several species of primates, including Campbell’s monkeys. Monkey See, Monkey Speak 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The female pygmy sperm whale was found at Island Park Beach in Portsmouth on Saturday morning. Baby whale euthanized after becoming beached 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z “Instead of fighting wars, they started going after tigers and pygmy gorillas and sharks,” Tutor said. 50th anniversary of G.I. Joe 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z But they now believe it was a pygmy or dwarf sperm whale more common in the warmer waters off west Africa. Rare whale rescue on Anglesey beach 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The rowdy crowd chased Benga, and when he was cornered, some people poked him in the ribs or tripped him, while others merely laughed at the sight of a frightened “pygmy”. The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z I grabbed his hand and we’re just standing there, holding hands, with 200 pygmies staring at us, that’s how everything started. 'Song From the Forest' Charts a Musicologist's Love Affair With Pygmy Music and Culture 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z But such complaints obscure the deeper truth: that Europe is on its way to becoming an emissions pygmy. The Environmental Union 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z There are dairy goats, pygmy goats, miniature goats, Boer goats, Nigerian dwarf goats as well as an increasing number of goat shows, goat fairs and goat conventions. Goats: The new ‘It’ animal 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The pygmy slow loris of Southeast Asia, she said, faced near extinction in the 1970s and ’80s and remains threatened. A Photographer's Guide to Nocturnal Life 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The Magnolia State is home to 6 venomous species, including the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, the coral snake, the cottonmouth and the most common of all, the copperhead. A scary walk in the Mississippi woods 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z I heard of this white man who was said to be living deep in the rain forest with hunter-gatherer pygmies for decades. 'Song From the Forest' Charts a Musicologist's Love Affair With Pygmy Music and Culture 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Ian Paisley Jr has described critics of his father, the former DUP leader and first minister who died last Friday aged 88, as "pygmies in his shadow". Paisley critics 'pygmies in shadow' 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Pygmy hippos look like their more recognized counterparts, the Hippopotamus amphibius, but pygmies only grow to be about half as big. Rare Pygmy Hippo Born in Swedish Zoo Offspring from the Antarctic blue whale, the largest animal ever, and its smaller, warmer-water pygmy cousin recently showed up in Antarctic waters south of Africa. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z At the opposite end of scale, the smallest of our kin are the pygmy shrews, diminutive scraps of fur and flesh barely two grams in weight. Is Earth’s Life Unique in the Universe? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z A poster of the mummy bearing Goodman’s name blared the hype: “It’s Educational! It’s Scientific! It will amaze and thrill you. It’s a pygmy preserved as it actually lived!” Meet Chiquita: Wyoming’s 500-year-old mummy 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Not only do the pygmies "laugh easily" compared with other more dour and solemn tribes, but they laugh in a very distinctive way. A history of laughter – from Cicero to The Simpsons 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z On another front, the company is working with state researchers on aerial mapping of pygmy rabbit habitats near Leadore in central Idaho with the University of Idaho. Aerial vehicles tested as way to check crop health 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z For the most part, they appear to have failed — not because they are all pygmies, but because Mr. Beyer is, simply, an excellent candidate. Don Beyer for Congress Twa pygmies account for the remaining one percent of the citizenry. Burundi creates reconciliation body that divides public opinion 2014-04-18T12:59:25Z This prehistoric pygmy was 65 years old when it died, the poster claimed, and predated the human race. Meet Chiquita: Wyoming’s 500-year-old mummy 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Did Komodo dragons evolve to eat pygmy elephants? Hell, Yes: Komodo Dragons!!! (Again) 2014-03-05T14:51:15Z Also put down by European zoos in the name of genetic diversity in recent years: Zebra, antelopes, bison, pygmy hippos, and tiny Red River hog piglets. Danish Giraffe Has Company in Forced Death 2014-02-10T17:05:24Z When we checked earlier this month, the Cold Room’s contents included a Florida panther and a pygmy killer whale. Smithsonian lab learns about animals through their bones 2014-01-25T00:16:39Z A fourth humpback whale was too decomposed to allow reliable testing and results are not yet available on two other pygmy sperm whales, she said. Tests underway to determine whether dolphin virus killed whales, too 2013-11-15T00:17:56Z “A mummified pygmy, believed by scientists to be a progenitor of the present human race, was exhibited in Lusk recently,” one news story ran. Meet Chiquita: Wyoming’s 500-year-old mummy 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Earlier this year in Malaysia's Sabah state, 10 pygmy elephants were found poisoned. Humans and elephants at loggerheads 2013-11-09T00:22:13Z It's Europe's smallest rodent - the world's smallest rodent is believed to be the pygmy jerboa. 7 questions on harvests 2013-09-18T01:51:12Z Burrows and Sutton previously collaborated on experiments looking at the jumping of fleas, pygmy mole crickets and locusts. Gears allow planthopper to super jump in the right direction, report says 2013-09-12T18:00:00Z They decry the destruction of rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia to support oil palm expansion, which threatens the natural habitats of endangered species such as pygmy elephants and Sumatran tigers. Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry Rife With Human-Rights Abuses 2013-07-18T10:00:45Z The mummy was an anencephalic infant, not an ancient 65-year-old pygmy. Meet Chiquita: Wyoming’s 500-year-old mummy 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The BaAka of this region are a small subset of Congo Basin hunter-gatherers that have long been referred to in literature as “pygmies” given their short stature. More than just a pretty picture: conservation and narrative in the Dzanga Bai 2013-07-18T16:45:05.323Z While pygmy elephants, hobbits, giant marabou storks, and vultures disappeared toward the end of the Pleistocene, most birds seem unaffected by this extinction event, or were able to cope with changing environmental conditions. Why 2 Birds in the Hand May Be Better Than a "Hobbit" Skull (in a Cave Deposit, at Least) 2013-06-24T22:45:03.030Z This unprepossessing early primate was even smaller than today’s smallest primate, the pygmy mouse lemur of Madagascar. Palm-Size Fossil Resets Primates’ Clock, Scientists Say 2013-06-05T18:53:47Z Or set up drones to monitor pygmy rabbits? For the cicada-obsessed, a place to watch them in action around the clock 2013-05-27T19:51:10Z My team saw a beautiful pygmy loris, pictured below, and the other team saw some as well. Scientist at Work Blog: A Forest Denizen at Risk 2013-05-22T18:10:55Z For example, would the effect of bright moonlight on the activity of pygmy lorises in Vietnam vary from habitat to habitat? Scientist at Work Blog: Thwarted by Moonlight 2013-05-20T18:37:00Z This is the edge of the range for the Bengal and pygmy slow lorises, and so we were not sure how many we would see. Scientist at Work Blog: Waiting for the Dark 2013-04-17T14:18:04Z When wildlife officials in Borneo first encountered a three-month-old pygmy elephant on January 25, he was surrounded by death. Was Palm Oil to Blame for the Poisoning of 14 Pygmy Elephants? 2013-02-05T14:45:00.247Z Fewer than 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants exist, according to the WWF wildlife organization. | Asia: Malaysia: Rare Pygmy Elephants Killed 2013-01-30T00:40:39Z All it takes is some political courage, of which there isn't any right now because DC is full of moral pygmies. Obama Pledges 'Meaningful Action' in Emotional Speech 2012-12-14T22:35:45Z But it seems that lorises are, sadly, in the majority; a slow loris research team working in Cambodia recently found that moonlight and temperature interact to influence pygmy slow loris activity. Scientist at Work Blog: Thwarted by Moonlight 2013-05-20T18:37:00Z “Little was known by the scientific community about the actual conditions on the island, and it was hard to separate fact and rumor, but the pygmy sloth seemed to be in trouble,” Shockey says. Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z While animals like pond skater insects and fisher spiders balance on the water’s surface, pygmy mole crickets exploit the water’s viscosity. Observatory: Pygmy Mole Crickets Can Jump From Water’s Surface 2012-12-04T20:50:21Z “McKinney, at 6 feet 6 inches, is no midget, but the six inches that Kurland towered over him made the Tarheel appear like a pygmy,” The New York Times wrote. N.C.A.A. Tournament Returning to Madison Square Garden 2012-11-16T23:15:10Z For example, Johnson describes an anthropologist’s account of the pygmy tribesman, Cephu, in the Congo who lived by the Randian ideal that selfishness is the highest morality. Is Human Nature Fundamentally Selfish or Altruistic? 2012-10-13T17:05:14Z They also hope to discover new species – a pilot study on Heron Island revealed a new species of pygmy seahorse and four new species of coral. Google Maps' virtual diving brings the Great Barrier Reef into view 2012-09-26T08:02:12Z At that time scientists estimated the pygmy sloth population at about 300 to 500 animals, enough to consider them critically endangered, the only sloth species with that designation. Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z Dr. Burrows first noticed pygmy mole crickets while he was eating his lunch by the side of a pond in South Africa. Observatory: Pygmy Mole Crickets Can Jump From Water’s Surface 2012-12-04T20:50:21Z The genomes of contemporary pygmy and hunter–gatherer tribes in Africa, for example, have roughly as many differences as do those of European modern humans and Neandertals. New DNA Analysis Shows Ancient Humans Interbred with Denisovans 2012-08-30T23:15:00.443Z These people, including indigenous Mbuti pygmies, rely on the reserve for a wide range of resources, including firewood, water and medicinal plants as well as subsistence hunting. Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals 2012-08-14T15:15:12.580Z Other birds such as the pygmy nuthatch and the Williamson's sapsucker are also forecast to lose habitat -- up to 81 percent and 78 percent, respectively. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z Shockey, who says he hopes to be a part of any future research to help protect the pygmy sloth, notes that the most important step to conserving the animals is preservation of their mangrove habitat. Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z Experiences of early humans are written in the DNA of descendants, such as these pygmies of Cameroon, Africa. Genetic Code Tells Hunter-Gatherer Tales 2012-07-26T18:25:37Z Among the DNA sequences special to pygmies, Dr. Tishkoff and colleagues found a variant of the usual gene that controls development of the pituitary gland, the source of the hormones that control reproduction and growth. Cousins of Neanderthals Left DNA in Africa, Scientists Report 2012-07-26T16:02:40Z In a demonstration, a Google employee asked an Android phone to “show me pictures of pygmy marmosets,” which returned images of the very peculiar dwarf monkey. Google Shifts Efforts to Hardware with Tablet and Eyeglasses 2012-06-28T00:57:34Z The researchers worked with nine female pygmy goats and their kids at a farm in Nottinghamshire, England. Observatory: Mother Goats Can Recognize Kids’ Bleats After Separation 2012-06-25T22:26:35Z Unfortunately, pygmy sloths depend on those mangroves for their food and habitat. Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z The fossils include complete skeletons of creatures ranging in size from rodents to pygmy horses, as well as insects and feathers that still have hints of their original colors. Turtle Sex—Preserved for the Ages 2012-06-20T00:20:00Z Dr. Rimoin’s research took him far and wide, and his subjects included African pygmies, circus performers with dwarfism and Navajos with . David L. Rimoin, Expert on Dwarfism, Dies at 75 2012-06-09T02:34:37Z Before me were the two Monte Cavallo statues, towering gigantically above the pygmies of the present day, and looking like Titans in the act of threatening heaven. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Now, into his high place sneaked a pygmy, slow, uncertain, sullen, treacherous—his own son, who would undo the last knot which bound the Indians to a fair neutrality. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z This is a sobering reality for the pygmy sloth.” Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z Article tools In the Congo Basin, Bayaka pygmies patrol their forests with handheld tracking devices. Citizen Science Expands Its Horizons 2012-02-18T01:15:03.287Z Studying the pygmies in Central Africa was an education in itself for a newly minted young doctor in the 1960s. David L. Rimoin, Expert on Dwarfism, Dies at 75 2012-06-09T02:34:37Z Researchers studied four groups of pygmy goat kids on an English farm—all with the same father, to minimize genetic differences. Upbleat Finding: Kids Start To Sound Alike Over Time 2012-02-16T00:15:06.337Z These pygmy rice rats showed up in the organic coffee for this last round of sampling at Catie. Scientist at Work Blog: The Problem With Coffee Pests 2012-02-09T16:36:16Z Ultimately, I hope our work will help maintain that reality for the pygmy sloth.” Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z The black ship, like some moonlit wreck, Below along the burning sea Crept on and on all silently, With silent pygmies on her deck. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z Hippo_Devil – Villagers dancing around the pygmy hippo devil Tiwai is remote by Western standards; the road conditions are unpredictable and never pleasant. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z This pygmy hippo in Liberia looks like a smaller version of a regular hippo. Pictures: World's weirdest creatures 2012-01-16T18:38:27Z All of them were of the same Oligoryzomys species — pygmy rice rats — tiny little mice that weighed an average of 10 grams. Scientist at Work Blog: The Problem With Coffee Pests 2012-02-09T16:36:16Z Other than size, pygmy sloths look almost exactly like their mainland cousins—so much so, in fact, that the pygmies were only identified as a separate species in 2001. Survey of Critically Endangered Pygmy Sloths Finds Just 79 Animals Remain 2012-12-06T15:15:09.627Z She went to the extreme of pretending a blindness toward his shortcomings and of accepting him for the thing he tried to make himself out to be—a giant among pygmies. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z My field assistants became ambassadors for the pygmy hippopotamus, and helped to disseminate new findings to the communities. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z They were like pygmies of a strange breed in red and yellow and blue satins; faultless for their purpose, on the ground they were extraordinary, leather-skinned, with puckering eyes, drawn mouths, and distorted bodies. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z When the apogee of society is reached, attacks from pygmies seem more curious than offensive. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He saw the woman who loved him, and whom he loved, tagged and claimed by a contemptible pygmy, the accidental inheritor of wealth. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Study of larger series of specimens than were available to Burt reveals that populations of pygmy mice inhabiting the northwest coastal plains of M�xico are indeed distinct. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z When people view pygmy hippos and other wildlife as more than protein or pests, they are more willing to help in conservation efforts. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z “A Britain that leaves the E.U. will be considered irrelevant by Washington and a pygmy in the world, when I want us to stand tall in the world,” he said. Nick Clegg Criticizes David Cameron on Europe Vote 2011-12-12T03:57:54Z While science can not at present fully answer these questions, what we do actually know about these pygmies is full of interest. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Three of these tiny pygmy rice rats were captured in the sun coffee in the third round at the Catie site. Scientist at Work Blog: A Sloth, an Opossum and Two Puppies 2011-12-09T21:12:17Z The geographic range of ancestral pygmy mice possibly extended farther south in late Pliocene time than the range of B. musculus does now. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z Our hope is that one day the pygmy hippo can be seen as the diamond of Sierra Leone. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Lewis, who studies pygmy hunter-gatherer societies in Africa, will discuss how humans evolved to live in these kinds of societies, whose richest members share their excess without a second thought. Occupy London's School of Hard Knocks 2011-11-25T14:52:41Z The Indian archipelago was then a world of black pygmies. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Of the three individuals captured in coffee for this round, all were pygmy rice rats and, interestingly enough, all were captured in the sun coffee. Scientist at Work Blog: A Sloth, an Opossum and Two Puppies 2011-12-09T21:12:17Z Therefore, populations of pygmy mice occurring to the south in central M�xico might be expected to maintain a relatively high degree of heterozygosity in morphological and behavioral characters. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z We shall never again eat pygmy hippo meat. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Capitalism began to grow like a young giant among pygmies. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Other Wall Street grandees have been very small pygmies in the social estimate. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z An orderly, a veritable pygmy within the outline of the dark entrance, appeared and saluted. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z There is evidence that a barrier occurred in the Pleistocene in central M�xico sufficient to separate the supposed interbreeding, relatively homogeneous populations of pygmy mice. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z At the end of my first year of classes, I received an email about an endangered, elusive creature – the pygmy hippopotamus. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z When one thinks of it"—he laughed harshly—"the old gods and heroes were pygmies compared with modern men. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z A pygmy stove, at one side of it, stood fuel-choked and nearly florid in hue. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The army of worshipers was reduced, in comparison to the space they entered, to a mere handful of pygmy, indistinct shapes, prostrate, kneeling, upright, silent, infinitesimal, moveless. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Presumably, the advance of ice down the mountains forced the pygmy mice to move to lower altitudes. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z There was a possibility for funding field research to study pygmy hippos on a river island in Sierra Leone. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Their assistance was half-hearted, and the odor of the dead and dying pygmies was distinctly disliked by them. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z When a man is absorbed, inspired, and exalted, full of the truth that is within him, he does not see the pygmies in the crowd. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The 5-year-old gelded son of Not For Love owes that in part to the companionship of a pygmy goat named Gigi. Horse named after Ovechkin favored in Maryland Million 2011-10-01T00:02:00Z In the area where the two species of pygmy mice occur together, there seems to be a disparity in numbers between them. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z While common hippos congregate in large social groups, the pygmy hippopotamus is rare, solitary and nocturnal; traits that make direct observation nearly impossible and survey methods more complex. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z The rapid twilight of the south was closing like a fan, when, silhouetted against the distant skyline, a pygmy, preceded by an animated dot, developed into a man and a dog. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z He lived beyond us and we stood As pygmies to his every mood, Mere pupils at his beck and nod, That spoke the influence of a god. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z The Pentagon is a giant while State is a pygmy in budgetary terms. Obama's "smart power" plan risks death of 1,000 cuts 2011-09-07T06:29:45Z Shifts of geographical range of populations of pygmy mice at and near the periphery of their geographic range may account for the differentiation of the extinct species. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z I arrived that rainy night on Tiwai Island armed with 20 remote-sensing camera traps to capture pygmy hippos in digital pictures. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Lab officials said winds of up to 15 miles per hour were pushing the flames north late Friday into a conservation area set aside for sagebrush-dependent animals in decline like sage grouse and pygmy rabbits. Firefighters gain ground at Idaho nuclear lab 2011-08-27T03:30:40Z The big negro is often afraid to withhold his banana from the pygmy, and the dwarfish Lapps and Finns have long been regarded as powerful sorcerers by their more civilized neighbours. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z And some are short, and some are tall; Some portly, and some spare; Here is a group of pygmies small, A Tom Thumb family; there A Brobdingnagian row extends, The best-informed among my friends. Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse 2011-08-23T02:00:28.813Z A new pygmy mouse of the genus Baiomys from Oaxaca, Mexico. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z I was also exploring methods to safely capture a pygmy hippopotamus and attach a radio tracking device. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Pan and boat drifted out from the coast, a slow course, which in an hour had reduced the harbor folk to black pygmies on the low rocks to 265 windward. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z We are all familiar with the pygmies of Central Africa, and the members of this Club will remember the interesting photographs of them shown by Sir Harry Johnston. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z The oldest trees have a comparatively youthful appearance, and are pygmies in girth beside the decaying stumps of their giant ancestors. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The principal part of the geographic range of the pygmy mice lies in the Republic of M�xico. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z However, though I saw many footprints and dung and captured images of hippos, I had yet to see a single pygmy hippo with my own eyes. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z Hanke and others now say scientists should investigate whether other bottom-feeding cetaceans, such as river dolphins and pygmy sperm whales, share the ability. Guiana Dolphins Can Use Electric Signals to Locate Prey 2011-07-27T00:03:00Z What we have here are two medieval traditions, the one stating that the pygmies are descendants of Cain, the other classing them among the descendants of Ham. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z In Tokay the bottle suggests a pygmy castle-warder, dwarfish, but able and determined, strutting about with his huge brass spurs and daring anybody to interfere with him. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The largest single collection of pygmy mice is in the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, and, unless otherwise indicated, specimens cited in the taxonomic accounts beyond are there. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z With a splash, the pygmy hippo clambered out of the water onto a sandy beach and stopped to watch us. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z At its boundaries all kinds of strange beings—men with dogs' faces, giants, pygmies—were to be found. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z Does the latter contain a germ of truth, and is it possible that at one time a people resembling the pygmies of Central Africa inhabited these islands? Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z The cave had another great advantage,—that of being surrounded on all sides by a wide belt of desert, so the pygmies were not at all likely to be disturbed by inconvenient callers. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Mr. B. J. Wilks of the University of Texas, Department of Zoology, provided a number of living pygmy mice for study in captivity. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z Although pygmy hippos depend on water sources like common hippos, pygmy hippos spend most of their nights in the forest. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z At the bulwarks were sailors, who, seen from below, looked like pygmies when compared with the ship. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z He speaks of the red and black Akka, and Sir Harry Johnston also describes the two types of pygmy, one being of a reddish-yellow colour, the other as black as the ordinary negro. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z In stature they are far below the average height; but although they have been called dwarfs and pygmies, these words must not be understood to imply anything in the nature of a monstrosity. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Mr. J. Raymond Alcorn and his son, Albert, collected a large share of specimens of pygmy mice now in the University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z We soon began our first pit trap attempts to capture a pygmy hippopotamus. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z He was a pygmy on a certain evening in the November succeeding the Dundee Centennial summer. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z He also speaks of dwarf races existing at the present day in Sicily, Sardinia, Sumatra, the Philippine Islands, besides the well-known Veddas of Ceylon, the Andaman Islanders, and the African pygmies. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z The lion, the rhinoceros, and, in fact, most of the larger indigenous fauna have disappeared from it—with the autochthonous pygmy human inhabitants; nevertheless it is a region full of varied and distinctive interest. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Diagram indicating probable relationships of living and extinct species of pygmy mice. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z If the pit traps were successful in catching a pygmy hippopotamus, we would bring a wildlife veterinarian to Sierra Leone to help us anesthetize a hippo. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z O the pygmies," cried Albano, "who would fain give us new temples! Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z |
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