The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is offering 30-minute meet-and-greets with its new baby pygmy hippo Poppy through February.

The year was, once again, the warmest on record globally, according to the World Meteorological Organization, with multiple ...

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 ...

The pygmy hippo parents, Iris and Corwin ... Iris and the baby were later moved to a "cozy, hay-bedded enclosure exhibit," the release stated. "This gives mom and baby privacy while they bond.