The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – While on assignment in Houston, Meteorologist Kristen Currie had the opportunity to stop by the Houston Zoo.

Hazina (21 years old) and Habey (19 years old), the hippo sisters at the Aldergrove zoo, had some fun creating their own hippo kisses, said Michael Jacobsen, marketing and communications manager. "We ...

Akobi: Pygmy hippopotamus, Houston Zoo In November, a 477-pound, four-and-a-half-year-old male pygmy hippopotamus named Akobi moved to the Houston Zoo from San Francisco. Akobi, meaning "first ...

Patti, a 55-year-old river hippo, who had lived at the Milwaukee zoo since 1972, was humanely euthanized on Nov. 10 after her animal care team had noted a lethargy that failed to improve.

The zoo is excited to announce a heartwarming addition to our animal family just in time for the holidays: a baby pygmy hippo. The newborn arrived on December 9, 2024, after a 7-month gestation.

Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng: A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30.

The hippo’s arrival could bring a flurry of attention to the zoo, given the public’s recent frenzy over baby zoo animals, from Pesto the penguin to Kirby, the Houston Zoo’s bug-eyed elephant ...

On Nov. 1, the zoo welcomed another family member. Akobi is a four-and-a-half-year-old, 477-pound male pygmy hippopotamus who was moved to Houston from San Francisco. RELATED: Hippo-awesome-mus!

The Houston Zoo has announced the birth of a 314-pound female Asian elephant calf named Kirby. Born to mother Shanti after 19 hours of labor last Friday, Kirby was able to stand shortly after ...

The adorable hippo, named Akobi, weighs 477 pounds and was moved to the Houston Zoo from San Francisco “as part of a breeding recommendation,” the zoo said in a press release on November 1.