The Roanoke Times4d
Pregnant giraffes still at Natural Bridge Zoo year after seizure
Today, three of the zoo’s four giraffes still reside at the roadside attraction, despite a jury’s verdict in March that gave legal ownership of the animals to Rockbridge County, which is ...
The Independent20d
Zoo gets its own Moo Deng and launches poll to name baby pygmy hippo
Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided by the public. The newborn, currently weighing in at 15 pounds ...
Smithsonian Magazine21d
A Virginia Zoo Now Has Its Own Moo Deng—See the ‘Adorable’ Baby Pygmy Hippo Born in December
On December 9, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia welcomed a newborn female pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis). After some time being raised behind the scenes, the youngster made her public debu ...
Blizzard Watch21d
Welcome to the Richmond Zoo’s newest pygmy hippo — and there’s a second round of voting to choose this baby hippo’s name!
This has been the year of baby pygmy hippos thanks to social media. Now, we thought the babies were done arriving for the year, but the Metro Richmond Zoo had to throw in a last minute new birth to ...
WVTF21d
Metro Richmond Zoo’s new baby pygmy hippo remains unnamed
The Metro Richmond Zoo has had pygmy hippos since 2018, but it was Thailand’s Moo Deng that made the miniature, moist mammals household names. As I walk into the baby’s pen, she follows her ...
Mint22d
5 new species discovered in 2024; Vegetarian Piranha, Pygmy Pipehorse and more
Below are the key discoveries: A new species of pygmy pipehorse, Cylix nkosi, was found in the Indian Ocean near South Africa. This seahorse relative, the size of a golf tee, was spotted ...
wtvr23d
Poll deciding name for new pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo narrowed to 2 choices
RICHMOND, Va. — The poll that will decide the name of the new pygmy hippopotamus at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been narrowed down to two choices. The zoo originally gave voters four names to ...
UPI23d
Virginia zoo seeks a name for newborn pygmy hippo
Dec. 31 (UPI) --The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo. The female baby, born Dec. 9 to parents Iris and Corwin ...
Fox News24d
Newborn pygmy hippo rings in the New Year at Virginia zoo
Metro Richmond Zoo director Jim Andelin joins 'Fox & Friends' alongside the new baby pygmy hippo and her mom as fans vote to name the newborn viral star.
WXIX-TV24d
People can now visit Metro Richmond Zoo’s very own baby pygmy hippo
She may be young, but she makes sure people know who’s in charge. “She’s a curious and brave little pygmy hippo. She, like I said, she walks first. She’s pretty funny. She sometimes has ...
New York Post24d
Endangered pygmy hippopotamus born at a Virginia zoo and you can help name her
A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...