The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...

Richmond Metro Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo now has a fitting moniker.Poppy.The newborn entered the world on Monday, Dec. 9, and ...

Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years,” zoo ...

According to the zoo, the pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than ...

The baby hippo, a girl who has not yet been named, was born to parents Iris and Corwin at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9. She's their third female calf in under five years. The zoo said Iris was all ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo said 52,794 people cast their votes to name their new baby Pygmy hippo. But none of the four options — ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo two weeks before Christmas. The Virginia zoo wrote that the birth is significant to conservation efforts for the endangered species.

The mother Iris gave birth to the female calf on Dec. 9 following a seven-month gestation, zoo officials said. The newborn, ...

Earlier this year, another baby pygmy hippo took the internet by storm. Moo Deng, a newborn at a zoo in Thailand with a penchant for trying to bite people, captured the hearts of people far and ...