Why it's awesome: When we think of pigs, we tend to picture round animals with cute snouts, but babirusas are very different. Male babirusas have large upper canine teeth, which grow downwards before ...

The first North Sulawesi babirusa piglets to be born at the San Diego Zoo are now on display. The piglets were born to first-time mother Fig on Sept. 6, leading handlers to call them “figlets.” The ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The first North Sulawesi babirusa piglets to be born at the San Diego Zoo are now on display. The piglets were born to first-time mother Fig on Sept. 6, leading handlers to call them ...

The babirusa of Sulawesi may be one of the world’s oddest looking—and acting—mammals. Literally meaning ‘pig-deer’ the babirusa, which includes four species, belongs to its own genus ‘Babyrousa’ in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — There’s always something new at the Nashville Zoo, and the latest additions are two Sulawesi babirusas. Chelsea Lee, hoof stock zookeeper, said babirusas are in the swine ...

A pig-like creature from Southeast Asia welcomed new babies into its growing family, photos from a Florida zoo show. Piggy, a North Sulawesi babirusa mother, recently gave birth to twins, according to ...

A North Sulawesi babirusa piglet named Java, who made his arrival on Saturday, Aug. 4, was the first member of his species to be born at the Brevard Zoo. The piglet is also the first baby born to both ...

Two groups working with local communities to conserve forests in Sulawesi have won mongabay.com’s 2010 Conservation Award. The Alliance for Tompotika Conservation (AlTo) [donate], which works in ...