We mentioned in last week's Pygmy Hippo Watch (not a phrase I ever expected to write) that Metro Richmond Zoo's yet-unnamed baby was merely the most recent ...

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than ...

The names Boophis kirki, Boophis picardi, Boophis siskoi, Boophis janewayae, Boophis archeri, Boophis pikei, and Boophis ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo calf recently got her first taste of swimming. The baby was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo, in ...

Step aside, Moo Deng, there’s a new baby hippo in town — and she finally has a name. Introducing…. Poppy! The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus’ name on the ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo, the only place in Virginia to see hippos, said that pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species with less than 2,500 mature hippos remaining in the wild.

Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson came face to face at the 2025 Golden Globes when Diesel took the stage to present the prize for ...

"Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the Metro Richmond Zoo shared Metro Richmond Zoo Two pygmy hippos in Virginia ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby girl is the third hippo calf born to Metro Richmond Zoo resident pygmy hippos ...

The newborn hippo arrived on Dec 9. after a 7-month gestation. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release ...