Named after her honorary sponsor, German footballer Antonio Rüdiger, Toni has begun exploring her enclosure’s pool, diving ...

The baby had a watery entrance. “This birth was unique as it was the first time Iris gave birth in water,” the zoo said. “While common hippos usually give birth underwater, pygmy hippo ...

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

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 ...

The Virginia Richmond Zoo has named its baby hippo Poppy following an online poll. Born on December 9, Poppy is a pygmy hippo, an endangered West African species. With over 116,000 votes ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

Mike had been visiting the hippos in this lake for more than two years. He’d already managed to photograph them swimming under water using a drone, which they tolerated, and he knew they were ...

It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are undeniably cute ... and breathe while remaining mostly underwater. Since their skin is very sensitive, they spend most of the day wallowing in mud ...

You won’t get a chance to see Haggis just yet. The zoo has closed the pygmy hippo area to zoo visitors for the baby’s first month. That allows zookeepers to keep a close eye on both Haggis and ...

RICHMOND, Va. — If you were a fan of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo from a Thailand zoo, you're in luck: Poppy, a baby pygmy hippo born just over a month ago on December 9, is now able to be ...