Milwaukee County Zoo opened its new rhino and hippo habitat Dec. 5, completing its Adventure Africa project, a $50 million ...

Gayla Peevey, at age 10, recorded the holiday hit "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" in 1953, leading to a successful ...

Fiona, a hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo on Jan. 24, 2017, has become an online hit over the years. She is celebrating her fifth birthday. Updated Aug 28, 2024 ...

Poppy, the popular pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo, celebrated her first birthday recently.

There are an estimated 2,500 individual pygmy hippos left in their native habitat in West Africa.

Albuquerque’s mayoral election may be headed to a runoff, but polling to decide the name of a baby hippo at the ABQ BioPark Zoo is clear. In the end, Maisy bested Magdalena as voting wrapped up ...

A new Rhino Care Center at the Milwaukee County Zoo will open to the public Tuesday. The new building includes Robert Dohmen ...

A video has been shared of the newest arrival at Colchester Zoo. Mikolas, the male pygmy hippo arrived at the attraction on Wednesday, December 3. Mikolas has moved from Zoo Dvur Kralove in the Czech ...

Poppy, the pygmy hippo who quickly garnered national attention after her birth, turned 1 year old on Tuesday. She was born ...

Imani, an 18 year old female hippo, underwent the historic cataract surgery at Dublin Zoo in August and has since made a full ...

Step aside Moo Deng, there’s a new pygmy hippopotamus in town. Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided by ...

DENVER — Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance said this week that its beloved hippos' scheduled transfer to a different state this fall has been postponed. In July, the zoo announced Mahali, its Nile ...