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

Step aside, Moo Deng: Watch this baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia just before ... weighing less than one-fourth the full size of an adult common hippo. Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their ...

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 ...

A female pygmy hippo named Iris gave birth to a healthy female calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, officials said.

Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than 116,000 votes from 165 countries.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy hippopotamus, born on Dec. 9. Five days after birth, the yet-to-be-named baby pygmy weighed about 15 pounds, according to ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo, is quickly gaining global fame. She is the third calf born to Iris and ...

a language spoken in West Africa) Click herefor the zoo's pygmy hippo naming poll. The hippo was born Dec. 9 to pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin. "The baby arrived around 4:50 p.m. while Iris ...

Videos and photos of the baby pygmy garnered millions ... according to the Pygmy Hippo Foundation. Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their average life expectancy is 27 years.