Fiona, of Cincinnati Zoo, will turn 8 years old on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The zoo is holding a birthday fundraiser, and anyone who donates $8 will be eligible to win the Ultimate Hippo Getaway.

Introducing…. Poppy! The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus’ name on the Today show after a heated worldwide online poll. Co-host Savannah Guthrie first ...

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

Moo Deng, a pygmy hippopotamus, who is nothing short of a celebrity at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, received a generous Christmas gift from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The ...

“I was particularly excited to hear your plans for improvements to the zoo itself, especially the proposal for upgrades to the Pygmy Hippopotamus ... with a generous gift of 10,000,000 THB ...

Moo Deng, the celebrity baby pygmy hippopotamus at a Thai zoo, has just received a huge Christmas present from one of the most influential figures in the crypto world. In a Facebook post on Dec 26 ...

The Canadian entrepreneur and co-founder of Ethereum has donated over $290,000 (Rs 2.51 crore approximately) to support Moo Deng’s care at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo in what is nothing but a huge ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce the birth of a female calf two weeks ago. In the tune, child star and singer ...

The soundtrack of that video is -- what else? -- "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey. After gestating for 7 months, Iris gave birth to this baby in water -- the first time she's ...