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

Celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng has company. A new baby born at the Metro Richmond Zoo will get her name from a public poll. "Poppy" is a leading contender.

Over 100,000 votes poured in to name a baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. The winner is a sweet tie-in with the mother hippo's name.

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy ...

There’s a new hippo in town — and she’s ready to pop into the spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo announced the name of its newborn baby pygmy hippo on the “Today Show” on Jan. 6 after a heated ...

Hippo hooray & Merry Christmas Eve! We’re thrilled to welcome a precious baby pygmy hippo to the zoo family - just in time for the holidays. 🦛🎄 The female newborn arrived on 12/9 to pygmy ...

Crashing with those end-of-year blues? On the backslide of another exhausting holiday season? Seasonal sads and 2025 what-ifs turning your head into an anxious beehive? Well friends, here’s a ...

The pygmy hippo parents, Iris and Corwin, gave birth to a third little girl in the past 4.5 years. The Metro Richmond Zoo announced that a baby pygmy hippo was born on Dec. 9, 2024, in Richmond ...

Metro Richmond Zoo launched "Poppy Cam" on Jan. 13 — allowing fans from around the world to watch the baby pygmy hippo splash around in her pool Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia — The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia announced the newest addition to their animal family, a baby pygmy hippo, just in time for the holidays. The newborn pygmy ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo announced that a baby pygmy hippo was born on Dec. 9, 2024, in Richmond, Va. Metro Richmond Zoo This is the first time Iris gave birth in the water, the press release stated.