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 ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo, previously living in a climate-controlled environment, has made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. The nearly four-month-old Poppy, weighing ...

Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years. No one could've imagined what a stir this underdeveloped, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Staff at John Ball Zoo, with the help of two pygmy hippos, accomplished a historic achievement in animal conservation. The zoo, located in Grand Rapids, welcomed its first-ever ...

Kevin, a wild duck who arrived at the San Antonio Zoo in 2017 after injuring himself in a fall from his nest, died Wednesday.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Hugo the pygmy hippo calf, one of John Ball Zoo’s newest and most notable residents, made his public debut to zoo members. The members-only preview continues this week. The zoo ...

DENVER — A fixture at the Denver Zoo is leaving the Mile High City. The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance announced Thursday that Mahali, a Nile hippopotamus, will be moving this fall to a three-acre ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mahali, the Denver Zoo’s beloved Nile hippopotamus, will stay in the Mile High City a little longer than expected. Zoo officials in July announced that the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver Zoo’s only hippo will move to the Lone Star State this fall so the organization can conserve water and update the hippo exhibit, which no longer meets ...