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 ...

Her skin is always moist and her cheeks pink and peachy. She’s usually seen nibbling at her caretakers’ knees, running around ...

The baby pygmy hippo has enthralled the internet for weeks, with photos of the adorable two-month-old plastered across every social media platform. People just can't get enough of Moo Deng ...

Adorable three-month-old pygmy hippo, Petunia, and her mum, Iris, are making a big splash at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. Conservationists say fewer than 2,500 mature pygmy hippos are left in ...

Do elephants and hippos get along? Watch what happens when a herd of elephants encounters a sleeping group of hippos.

I was glad I had a beach towel in the car to sit on. Hippo lover Jenavieve Higgins of Henrico, Virginia Jenavieve's love for baby hippos started around the time she heard about Poppy's sister Petunia ...

The Washington Post noted that studies have shown that particularly cute animals have the sort of "baby schema" — physical ... mode — even if she's a pygmy hippo. Mashable Top Stories Stay ...

"Monsters have overrun the zoo..." Viva Pictures is releasing a fun animated comedy movie called Night of the Zoopocalypse in ...

Reports of baby pygmy hippos in Thailand and in Richmond, Virginia, have garnered much attention for their respective zoos, attracting many visitors. These cuties look like they are lovable little ...

Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng walks at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Thursday. The Associated Press Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng ...

The hippo calf was named “Poppy” after a public poll that received over 116,000 votes from 165 countries. Poppy won with 52.8 percent of the vote. Baby Pygmy Hippo Makes a Splash With Mom in ...