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

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

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

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 of ...

Visually impaired hippo, Imani, has had sight restored to her left eye thanks to a very successful specialist procedure ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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