A new pygmy hippo was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo and its director Jim Andelin joins TODAY after fans voted on what her name will be with the exclusive reveal of the winner.Jan. 6, 2025 ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has announced the name of a female baby pygmy hippo born there on Dec. 9. Drum roll, please... After a public vote, the hippo has been named Poppy ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has had pygmy hippos since 2018, but it was Thailand’s Moo Deng that made the miniature, moist mammals household names. As I walk into the baby’s pen, she follows her ...

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Dec. 31 (UPI) --The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo. The female baby, born Dec. 9 to parents Iris and Corwin ...

Fossilized upper jawbone of Hippopotamus creutzburgi from Crete. Credit: Olaf Tausch / CC BY 3.0 Using advanced 3D digital imaging techniques, this marks the first full reconstruction of the species’ ...

Makris set out to digitally reconstruct the skull of this extinct dwarf hippo species using a photogrammetry approach. Gerakakis elaborates on the methodology used, "For the flattened cranium ...

Moo Deng, the baby hippo who captured a million hearts across the globe, has a new benefactor — billionaire cryptocurrency mogul Vitalik Buterin. The co-founder of Ethereum has made a donation ...

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo is asking for the public’s help to name its new baby pygmy hippo that the zoo welcomed just before the holidays. The Metro Richmond Zoo ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby girl is the third hippo calf born to Metro Richmond Zoo resident pygmy hippos ...

But, until then, it seems likely that the mom of three is quite the mama bear hippo. Noted the zoo, "Iris is an experienced mother and very protective of her calf." Most importantly, the zoo noted ...