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

Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than 116,000 votes from 165 countries.

Well friends, here’s a potential antidote to your woes: a newborn pygmy hippo right here in the region. On Christmas Eve, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia’s capital announced that it had recently ...

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On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby girl is the third hippo calf born to Metro Richmond Zoo resident pygmy hippos ...

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.

The zoo shared multiple images and a short video of the newborn pygmy hippo on its official X (formerly Twitter) account. Hippo hooray & Merry Christmas Eve! We’re thrilled to welcome a precious ...

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.

A Virginia zoo is celebrating the arrival of an adorable newborn pygmy hippo who made her debut just before Christmas. The baby hippo, a girl who has not yet been named, was born to parents Iris ...

Iris and “New Deng” (trademark pending) have been relocated to a private hay-filled enclosure for the time being, which will ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo, is quickly gaining global fame. She is the third calf born to Iris and ...

Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo has been named. Drumroll, please. After an online contest run by the Metro Richmond Zoo — where the baby hippo was born in early December — she has been named ...