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

US zoo gets its own Moo Deng and launches poll to name baby pygmy hippo - The 15-pound newborn was delivered on December 9 ...

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo two weeks before Christmas. The Virginia zoo wrote that the birth is significant to conservation efforts for the endangered species.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia announced the newest addition to their animal family, a baby pygmy hippo, just in time for ...

Iris and “New Deng” (trademark pending) have been relocated to a private hay-filled enclosure for the time being, which will ...

The baby hippo is the second calf born just before the holidays. This was Iris' first water birth. Common hippos usually give birth underwater, but pygmy hippos can be born on land or in water.

The baby hippo, a girl who has not yet been named, was born to parents Iris and Corwin at Metro Richmond Zoo on Dec. 9. She's ...

Common hippos usually give birth underwater, while pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water. The baby hippo arrived around 4:50 p.m., while Iris was laboring in the indoor pool ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo announced the birth of a baby pygmy hippo. The yet-to-be named hippo ... hay-bedded enclosure off-exhibit. This gives mom and baby privacy while they bond.