Poppy the pygmy hippo calf recently got her first taste of swimming. The baby was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo, in early December. Poppy is part of a very special club.

It’s only early January, but last year’s baby pygmy hippo mania is staying strong. Thailand’s feisty Moo Deng became a social ...

Co-host Savannah Guthrie first suggested the zoo name the baby “Hoda” after co-host Hoda Kotb, who is celebrating her final ...

On a lakeside peninsula in Eastern Africa, archaeologists have found clues about a society that lived there over 3 million ...

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

Research on ancient footprints in Kenya demonstrates coexistence of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei 1.5 million years ...

Officials in Zimbabwe say 7-year-old Tinotenda Pudu survived five nights in the "unforgiving wild" of a game park thanks to ...

A tragic incident unfolded in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on New Year’s Day when a hippo was struck by a vehicle.

"Hippos are quite hard to study in the wild ... She said it was important for visitors to understand the conflict that happened with humans in their countries and why the animals were endangered.

From playful antics at Khao Kheow Open Zoo to a global icon of joy, four-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng's viral ... People of 2024" list alongside human celebrities, sparking both admiration ...

Sloths weren't always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge—up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons)—and when startled, they brandished immense claws. For a long time ...