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

After Poppy, the Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest baby pygmy hippo became a viral sensation on social media, she and her mother are now on view each day through a livestream.

If you happened to be a pygmy hippo born in 2024, then you’re an internet superstar. The world first went bonkers for Moo Deng, a tiny hippo born in a Thailand zoo. Next came Haggis, a wee hippo ...

Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest pygmy hippo has a name. After 116,000 votes worldwide, fans chose Poppy, a tribute to her mom, Iris.

Poppy the pygmy hippo calf recently got her first taste of swimming. The baby was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo, in early December. Poppy is part of a very special club. Native to west Africa, ...

Moo Deng ruled the internet in 2024, but a new baby pygmy hippo may be coming for the crown this new year. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia announced the name of its very own baby pygmy ...

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 ...

The new baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December is now on view at the zoo, according to officials. The newborn, who has yet to be named, can be seen at Hippo ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years.

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 ...

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 ...