Researchers discover hippos briefly lift all their feet off the ground when trotting. The Royal Veterinary College team made the discovery based on footage of hippos at a theme park. This gait is rare ...

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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. "This ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Here’s a look at little Maisy, the BioPark’s one-month-old Nile hippo who’s already getting good grades on her How to Hippo crash course. The zoo just gave Maisy her first ...

The newborn weighed 15 pounds. The zoo says grown pygmy hippos can weigh up to 600 pounds. The zoo said baby hippo hasn’t been named yet and is not yet ready to be in a public exhibit. “This gives mom ...

Moo Deng, whose name translates to “bouncy pork,” has united the internet while following a familiar path to stardom. By Becca Foley and Noah Riffe Defiant, sassy, slippery, chubby, loves to scream.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby hippopotamus just in time for Christmas. The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus at ...

Baby hippos, also known as calves, are adorable and exhibit fascinating behaviors, including yawning. When baby hippos yawn, ...

In 1953, a 10-year-old star named Gayla Peevey gave the world something to yearn for when she recorded the classic song, "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia ...