Sensory biologist Dr Robyn A Grant, from the University of Manchester, said it was "the very first time" hippopotamus ...

There’s a new way to get even more up close and personal with baby Poppy at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Now that Iris and Poppy ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. 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 ...

The drug lord Pablo Escobar built a private zoo filled with hippos, but things took a dangerous turn when he was shot dead.

Anthrax has been connected to the death of dozens of hippopotamuses at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic ...

From a pygmy hippo to capybaras, Edinburgh Zoo's latest viral additions are helping to keep visitor numbers steady after its pandas returned ...

(Photo: Montgomery Zoo) (Photo: Montgomery Zoo) (Photo: Montgomery Zoo) The zoo said the new hippo addition can now be viewed in the Pygmy Hippo nursing suite located near the Capybaras.

The 45-minute safari on the minibus was a treat for the child, his parents, grandparents and every other passenger. The first enclosure was meant for herbivores – spotted deer, sambar deer, blackbuck ...