“We’re thrilled to see so many people joining in on the fun of naming our adorable pygmy hippo baby,” the zoo said. A human for scale shows just how small the Metro Richmond Zoo's pygmy ...

As for the latest baby, “I hope she becomes the next Moo Deng,” Lopez tells Kyle Swenson of the Washington Post. The “adorable pygmy hippo calf” is the third one born to parents Iris and ...

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 ...

It's cold, wet, or snowy, and just all over miserable, but World Hippo Day is February 15! We cannot uphold our unofficial ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A pygmy hippo gave birth to an “adorable” baby girl in front of patrons at a Virginia Zoo “just in time for the holidays.” Staff at the Metro Richmond Zoo ...

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 ...

This is not to say that hippos have a grudge against humans. But except for the pygmy species, that adorable baby hippo with its cute ears will grow up in the wild to weigh more than 2 tons.

Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the adorable memes of baby Moo Deng. It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are ...