He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy hippopotamus ...

Deepening restrictions on ivory trafficking have led to an increase of the trade in hippopotamus teeth, wildlife campaigners are warning, with potentially serious effects for a species already ...

UK trade in ivory from hippos, narwhals, orcas and sperm whales has been banned as part of conservation efforts, the Government has said.

But last year wildlife campaigners also warned that the ban on elephant ivory trafficking had led to an increase in trade of hippo teeth. In 2020 hippo teeth were among the mammal body parts most ...

The Ivory Act, introduced to protect elephants, has been extended to ban the importing, exporting and dealing in items containing ivory from the four species ...

Trading ivory from a hippopotamus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale has been banned as part of conservation efforts, the UK government has said. People breaking the rules could face an ...

Wildlife groups argue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to put common hippos on the endangered list to protect against U.S. trade in body parts.

A federal court approved an agreement today that requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine by July 27, 2028, ...

Narwhals are now protected from the trade in ivory from their tusks (Alamy/PA) The hippopotamus, which is vulnerable to extinction, is the species after elephants most at risk from the trade in ...

Wild hippos are declining in number and are considered vulnerable to international trade in hippo parts, including the sale of their teeth, skulls, ivory, skin and meat, wildlife conservation ...