Celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng has company. A new baby born at the Metro Richmond Zoo will get her name from a public poll.

According to the zoo, the pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than 2,500 mature individuals remain in the wild. Unlike common hippos, pygmy hippos ...

Since being unveiled to the public in April, Pesto has amassed more than 1.9 billion followers on TikTok, where he is so popular that if you type "pesto" into the app's search bar, the first result is ...

This is the adorable moment baby hippo Moo Deng bit its zookeeper's boots. Footage shows the five-month-old pygmy hippopotamus playfully nibbling the caretaker's brown water boots as he cleans the ...

Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years,” zoo ...