Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the adorable memes of baby Moo Deng. It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has announced its pygmy hippo has made her public debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat. Poppy has been living in an indoor climate-controlled habitat with her mother, Iris, ...

Most people remember hippos from school as huge animals that spend much of their time in rivers. That simple image leaves out many surprising details about how they actually live. Researchers who ...

RICHMOND, Va. — One of the newest members of the Metro Richmond Zoo made her outdoor debut last week. Poppy the pigmy hippopotamus was born back in December, and had been staying in a ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The pygmy hippo Poppy has been released into the Hippo Haven Habitat at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Like chicks after they hatch, Poppy and her mom, Iris, lived in a ...

The illustrious Moo Deng has attracted a frenzy of attention. But in the wild, her species is quietly disappearing. Every day for the last few weeks, thousands of people have made their way to Khao ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo, previously living in a climate-controlled environment, has made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. The nearly four-month-old Poppy, weighing ...

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BOSTON - Moo Deng is social media's newest darling. The baby pygmy hippo first captured the hearts of gawkers at her zoo in Thailand, and then she devoured the world wide web faster than a head of ...