Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo has been named. Drumroll, please. After an online contest run by the Metro Richmond Zoo — where the baby hippo was born in early December — she has been named ...

The newborn ... Five days after her birth, the baby had a neonatal exam and weighed 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms). Officials said that fully grown pygmy hippos can weigh up to 600 pounds (270 kilograms).

Haggis the pygmy hippo has been spotted exploring her habitat in an adorable new video. The pygmy hippo calf was born at ...

The hippo calf was named “Poppy” after a public poll that received over 116,000 votes from 165 countries. Poppy won with 52.8 percent of the vote. Baby Pygmy Hippo Makes a Splash With Mom in ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo said 52,794 people cast their votes to name their new baby Pygmy hippo. But none of the four options — Poppy, Juniper, Hammie Mae and Omi — got over 50% of the vote that ...

This week was the first major deadline for several bills in the Iowa legislature in what’s known as funnel week. Get outside and enjoy the forecast today, we are giving you the First Alert to ...

Only a month after the kingdom’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled ... but he never imagined Khao Kheow Open Zoo’s newborn pygmy hippo would become an Internet megastar within weeks.