The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia.

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris.

"Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the Metro Richmond Zoo shared Metro Richmond Zoo Two pygmy hippos in Virginia ...

Iris and Poppy, the viral pygmy hippo duo who live at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia, have their own livestream which ...

The excitement and global interest in Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo comes after a female two-month-old pygmy hippo named Moo ...

A Virginia zoo is celebrating the arrival of an adorable newborn pygmy hippo who made her debut just before Christmas. The baby hippo, a girl who has not yet been named, was born to parents Iris ...

The new baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December is now on view at the zoo, according to ...

A female pygmy hippo named Iris gave birth to a healthy female calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, officials said.

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

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.