The mother and baby have been in a hay-bed enclosure ... The Virginia zoo’s baby hippo has been compared to Moo Deng, the whoppingly famous baby pygmy hippo in Thailand. Moo Deng arrived ...

An adorable baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, had its first swim accompanied by its mom after the water level was lowered for the little hippo’s swim debut ...

Although Lisa Manders attempted to flee, she was unable to escape and the hippopotamus violently attacked her, grabbing her ...

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

Poppy was born to her mother Iris and father Corwin. The baby hippo weighed 15 pounds and she was born in an enclosed indoor pool. Both the mother and calf were kept away from the public eye for a ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The pygmy hippopotamus was born on Dec. 9 and given an official birth ...

The zoo says grown pygmy hippos can weigh up to 600 pounds. The zoo said baby hippo hasn’t been named yet and is not yet ready to be in a public exhibit. “This gives mom and baby privacy while they ...

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 ...