CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Scores of folks gathered at the Metro Richmond Zoo to celebrate Poppy the pygmy hippo's birthday.

It’s Poppy’s birthday! The pygmy hippo turned 1 year old on Saturday and Metro Richmond Zoo was more than happy to celebrate.

Metro Richmond Zoo is having a big celebration to celebrate the first birthday of Poppy, the popular pygmy hippo.

An 11-pound pygmy hippopotamus calf is the newest member of the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the facility said in a Facebook post on Thursday. The baby hippo, welcomed to the world on ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- A mother pygmy hippo gave birth to a 12-pound baby Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, making it the first surviving hippo birth in more than 10 years. The youngster was born ...

Zoo Miami’s beloved pygmy hippopotamus, Aubergine, got some extra care this week after showing signs of lethargy and a drop in appetite. Born at the zoo in August 2018, Aubergine has faced big ...

Just when you thought Moo Deng was the only celebrity baby pygmy hippopotamus taking the world by storm in 2024, along comes another one. A new baby pygmy hippo in Scotland is following in three-month ...

If you're a fan of the baby pygmy hippo named Mars at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, let us introduce you to another baby boy named Hugo, who lives at the John Ball Zoo in Grand ...

COLCHESTER Zoo has welcomed an endangered male pygmy hippo from the Czech Republic. On December 3, Colchester Zoo welcomed the young male pygmy hippo Mikolas from Zoo Dvur Kralove in Czech Republic.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy ...