Classified as critically endangered and believed to have a rapidly declining population and habitat area, pygmy three-toed sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus) are native exclusively to the island of Escudo de ...

Cactus ferruginous pygmy owls are named for the saguaro cactuses they live in, their rusty-colored stripes, and their small size. They’re as fierce as they are small: These 2.5-ounce raptors prey on ...

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

Stigmella torminalis, a pygmy moth with a wingspan of less than 0.5 centimeters and tufts of black or orange hair on its head, was found in 2021 in Hesse, according to a study in the peer-reviewed ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Pygmy blue whales off Western Australia engage in foraging dives, including lunge-feeding, during their migration to Indonesia. These dives, tracked using ...

The spring pygmy sunfish has been teetering on the brink of extinction for the 70-plus years it's been known to science. Existing only in one spring complex in the Tennessee River watershed in Alabama ...