A coast away, Punxsutawney Phil emerged today with a prediction: early spring. At the Oregon Zoo, a groundhog-free zoo, curators turned to a far more adorable prognosticator: Nancy the African pygmy ...

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CLEVELAND, Ga. -- Go to a place in White County called Paradise Valley Farm, and you may get to see its families of African Pygmy Hedgehogs. They're here as zoo stock and as breeding stock. Paradise ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Oregon Zoo African pygmy hedgehog made a prediction on Thursday morning. Unlike Punxsutawney Phil, the hedgehog predicts that spring will be upon us soon enough. The zoo says ...

Meet Mr. Pokee, the self-proclaimed “world’s cutest adventurer.” He’s not your average social media pet, he’s a 3-year-old African pygmy hedgehog. Just scrolling through Pokee’s Instagram reveals all ...

Sept. 1 (UPI) --The Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rescued an African pygmy hedgehog that was found abandoned in England. Workers at the Edgware Road platform of the London ...

Is this the cutest travel companion you've ever seen? Calico is a 2-year-old African Pygmy Hedgehog who takes adventures all over the U.S. Her owner documents it on Instagram, where Calico is becoming ...

The Honolulu Zoo announced it recently received a female African pygmy hedgehog, named Petunia, through the Hawai‘i State Department of Agriculture’s amnesty program. “We welcome having a hedgehog in ...