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

a female pygmy calf named Haggis claimed social media fame. Born in October 2024, Haggis resides at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo. Pygmy hippos, thought of as the common ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia announced the name of its very own baby pygmy hippopotamus on Monday: Poppy. The name was selected after a poll generated more than 116,000 votes across 165 ...

It’s only early January, but last year’s baby pygmy hippo ... s third calf in 4.5 years. This birth was also the first time that Iris gave birth underwater. Common hippos typically give ...

Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo has been named ... She was their third girl calf in nearly five years, zoo officials said. And yes, they played a hippo song, “I Want a Hippopotamus for ...