The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is offering 30-minute meet-and-greets with its new baby pygmy hippo Poppy through February.

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

The year was, once again, the warmest on record globally, according to the World Meteorological Organization, with multiple ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo. The Poppy Cam lets hippo lovers ...

When you’re a baby, anything you do is cause for celebration. Steve Lafeve, who oversees the Oregon Zoo’s elephant area, said ...

Reports of baby pygmy hippos in Thailand and in Richmond, Virginia, have garnered much attention for their respective zoos, ...

The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm?

The Sedgwick County Zoo and Kansas Humane Society banded together to unite kinless Amora the wolf and Slinky the brindle mix.

On Tuesday morning, the “Today” show joined in celebrating the arrival of the elephant calf. In the “Morning Boost” segment, ...

ZOO bosses have seen a bounce in visitors desperate to view a rare pygmy hippo. Haggis was born in Edinburgh Zoo in October and has proved a hit to rival another calf, internet star Moo Deng. The ...

Somehow, despite this site's love for hippos of the pygmy variety, we've written very little about hippos of the extremely ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, ...