Richmond got a hippopotamus for Christmas — and you can now go visit her. The big picture: The unnamed baby pygmy hippo was ...

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

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

Metro Richmond Zoo director Jim Andelin joins 'Fox & Friends' alongside the new baby pygmy hippo and her mom as fans vote to ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo.

Step aside Moo Deng, there’s a new pygmy hippopotamus in town. Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, ...

According to the zoo, the pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than ...

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

The poll that will decide the name of the new pygmy hippopotamus at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been narrowed down to two choices.

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24. The newborn arrived on Dec 9. after a seven-month ...

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.