CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Cincinnati Zoo’s iconic hippo, Fiona, is turning eight years old Friday. In honor of Fiona’s birthday, the zoo is offering guests who purchase an $8 gift the chance to win a ...

A new experience has opened up at the Metro Richmond Zoo that offers people the chance to meet Poppy the pygmy hippo, and ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo announced "The Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience" on Tuesday, giving visitors a chance for up-close and personal encounters with the viral baby hippo and her mom.

Fiona, of Cincinnati Zoo, will turn 8 years old on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The zoo is holding a birthday fundraiser, and anyone who donates $8 will be eligible to win the Ultimate Hippo Getaway.

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.

Virginia Zoo announced the name of the December-born baby pygmy hippo as "Poppy," to which the internet reacted by saying, "Watch out, Moo Deng," referring to the social media fame baby pygmy hippo fr ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia on Dec. 9. Her name was selected by online voters.

It’s only early January, but last year’s baby pygmy hippo mania is staying strong. Thailand’s feisty Moo Deng became a social media sensation in 2024, taking the world by storm with her knee-biting ...

Common hippos typically give birth underwater, but their smaller relatives the pygmy hippo are born on land or in water. Poppy arrived on December 9 at 4:50 p.m., with several zookeepers and even ...

Zoo gets its own Moo Deng and launches poll to name baby pygmy hippo - The 15-pound newborn was delivered on December 9 ...

the pygmy hippo’s mother, gave birth in the enclosure’s pool. “That was unique,” Lopez says to the Washington Post. The species can give birth in water or on land. “But the birth went ...