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 ...

As cute and squishy as baby hippos are, they're still quite literally a handful in many cases. For example, getting one to do something it doesn't feel like doing can be a process... to say the least.

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 ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. But what ...

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 ...

A rare baby Silvered Langur, which is a primate native to Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, was born at the Bronx Zoo in November, and is finally ready to be seen by visitors. RECOMMENDED: This is ...

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 ...

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