The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo living in Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand, went viral in September 2024. Viewers around ...

John Ball Zoo is expecting a new addition. Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a ...

Virginia’s statewide GOP ticket appears to be making amends and will appear together at a rally in Northern Virginia next ...

A six-year-old Thai boy with terminal cancer was able to meet the internet-famous pygmy hippo Moo Deng as his final wish.

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

With fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild, Poppy’s birth is a valuable boost to the species' population. A baby pygmy hippo, named Poppy, made her first appearance outdoors at ...

Baby pygmy hippo Poppy made her public debut at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia on March 28, 2025, stepping into the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat with her mother, Iris. The pair had been living in a ...

Meet Poppy, the baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia By Brad Kutner Published January 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM EST Listen • 3:05 ...

Now America has its own baby pygmy hippo, born in Virginia, just before Christmas. And she is already going viral in her own right.