Watch this baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia just before Christmas Iris gave birth to Poppy in the zoo's hippo enclosure ...

Baby pygmy hippos can be born on land or in water ... Iris and the baby were moved to "a cozy, hay-bedded enclosure off-exhibit," for privacy while the two hippos bonded after the birth.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy hippopotamus, born on Dec. 9. Five days after ...

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

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., you can watch the baby internet sensation play in her pool with her mom at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

Though most common hippos give birth in water, pygmy hippos also can give birth ... The mother-daughter duo returned to their public exhibit, after a month of private bonding, on Jan. 3, according ...