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

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Taipei Zoo will unveil its newest resident, Thabo the pygmy hippopotamus, to the public on Sunday. It is hoped he will follow ...

Over 100,000 votes poured in to name a baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. The winner is a sweet tie-in with the mother hippo's name.

The Virginia Richmond Zoo has named its baby hippo Poppy following an online poll. Born on December 9, Poppy is a pygmy hippo, an endangered West Afri ...

Pygmy hippo “Thabo” is to make his debut to the public today, Taipei Zoo said yesterday. Thabo had undergone a month of ...

Move over Moo Deng, Taipei Zoo’s pygmy hippo Thabo, nicknamed "Soup Dumpling," is set to make his public debut tomorrow in ...

Celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng has company. A new baby born at the Metro Richmond Zoo will get her name from a public poll. "Poppy" is a leading contender.

Iris and “New Deng” (trademark pending) have been relocated to a private hay-filled enclosure for the time being, which will ...

According to the Metro Richmond Zoo, pygmy hippos are an endangered species native to West Africa, where they live in swamps and rivers. The animals do not typically live in groups, and are ...