Poppy had been staying in a climate-controlled habitat along with her mom, Iris, for their comfort and safety during Virginia ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the zoo’s Hippo Haven habitat. The 4-month-old hippo is ...

On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" had reached No. 24 on the ...

A Lugoff man is dead after deputies with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said he was shot at a home that was “booby-trapped.” A teacher at an Irmo charter school was charged with molesting ...

Anuket is described as full of energy, feisty, yet full of love, with “a particular fondness for watermelon.” Pygmy hippos, native to the forests and swamps of western Africa, are listed as endangered ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new baby pygmy hippopotamus has been born at the Montgomery Zoo! The baby, a girl, was born Feb. 9 to mother Lola and father Nile. She has been named Anuket after the ...

A Lugoff man is dead after deputies with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said he was shot at a home that was “booby-trapped.” A teacher at an Irmo charter school was charged with ...

The Madison Fire Department extinguished a small fire early Tuesday morning on the city’s southwest side. Madison police are investing after a woman on a metro bus allegedly pushed a metro bus ...

The Sun Prairie Police Department has filed charges against a 19-year-old for his role in a shooting that happened on March 9, the city police department reported on Thursday. Two people were ...