Tiny, spiky, squeaking and snorting - pygmy hedgehogs are a prickly issue. Animal campaigners say they should not be kept as pets. But what do pygmy hedgehog owners say? "They're adorable balls of ...

Unlike rigid porcupine quills, which are sharp, these creatures are more approachable and not dangerous as pets. The African ...

Two of the world's smallest species of monkey have been born at a zoo. The baby pygmy marmosets, which are just 3cm (1.2in) tall came as a surprise to staff at Telford Exotic Zoo, because they ...