The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...

Gayla Peevey used the popularity of her hit "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" to help the OKC Zoo get its first hippo.

With inspiration from the song and the zoo's desire for a hippo, a fundraising campaign began, with schoolchildren pitching ...

A female pygmy hippo named Iris gave birth to a healthy female calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, officials said.

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote ...

The zoo said Iris was all smiles on Christmas morning. "Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the zoo said. Iris and ...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby hippopotamus just in time for Christmas. The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus ...

No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses, the Internet only likes hippopotamuseses and its wish came true in early December when ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past ...

The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus at their facility. The baby was born on Dec. 9 and is the third calf for the pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin.

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