Until then, the Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience is available at 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. every day but Sunday. Talk of pygmy hippos began to circulate online in July 2024 after the birth of ...

“While common hippos usually give birth underwater, pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water.” Pygmy hippos, known formally as Choeropsis liberiensis, are much smaller than a ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated worldwide online poll . Co-host Savannah Guthrie first suggested the zoo name the ...

after a seven-month gestation, the press release said. The pygmy hippo parents, Iris and Corwin, gave birth to a third little girl in the past 4.5 years. "This is Iris and Corwin's 3rd calf in 4.5 ...

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

9 to pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin. It's the zoo's third hippo birth in five years, and the third for the parents. "Many keepers were present, and a few zoo guests even witnessed the ...

Fiona, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's famous hippo, celebrated her eighth birthday on 24. With an impressive five ...