The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a pygmy hippo earlier this month — and now it needs a name. Shredding a bowling ball with ...

Earlier this month the zoo welcomed a new member to the family. You can help name the newest addition to the Metro Richmond ...

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Celebrity pygmy hippo Moo Deng has company. A new baby born at the Metro Richmond Zoo will get her name from a public poll.

According to the zoo, the pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than 2,500 mature individuals remain in the wild. Unlike common hippos, pygmy hippos ...

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This has been the year of baby pygmy hippos thanks to social media. Now, we thought the babies were done arriving for the year, but the Metro Richmond Zoo ...

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Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years,” zoo ...

The mother Iris gave birth to the female calf on Dec. 9 following a seven-month gestation, zoo officials said. The newborn, ...

Several specialists were brought in to conduct dental surgery on the huge beast earlier this week after zoo staff found the decay during a routine check-up. The procedure was made possible through ...