An adorable baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, had its first swim accompanied by its mom after ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo calf recently got her first taste of swimming. The baby was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo, in ...

The hippo calf was named “Poppy” after a public poll that received over 116,000 votes from 165 countries.

A baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia had its first swim after the water level was lowered for the little hippo’s debut.

The baby girl, still unnamed, began swimming right away, the zoo said. The mom and baby were then whisked away from the public exhibit. Zookeepers said the baby hippo weighed in at 15 pounds at ...

A pygmy hippo gave birth to an “adorable” baby girl in front of patrons at a Virginia Zoo “just in time for the holidays.” ...