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

Well friends, here’s a potential antidote to your woes: a newborn pygmy hippo right here in the region. On Christmas Eve, the ...

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

Staff at the Metro Richmond Zoo announced the newest addition to their pygmy hippo family Dec. 24, nearly three weeks after ...

The 'world-famous' promotion allows participants to name a roach, rat or vegetable after an ex and watch it get eaten.

For that reason, zookeepers said two of the other pygmy hippo babies born at Metro Richmond Zoo were moved to different facilities to eventually mate with other members of their species.