The new baby pygmy hippopotamus that was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in December is now on view at the zoo, according to ...

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

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

A female pygmy hippopotamus at the Metro Richmond Zoo has welcomed a new addition to her family. On 9, Iris, the mother hippo ...

Pygmy hippos, thought of as the common hippo's smaller ... weighing less than one-fourth the full size of an adult common hippo. Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their average life ...