Poppy was born to parents Iris and Corwan after a 7-month gestation. The baby girl is Iris and Corwin’s third calf in 4.5 ...

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

According to the zoo, the pygmy hippo is an endangered species native to the swamps and rivers of West Africa. Less than ...

Mosquitoes: They kill 725,000 humans per year on an average by spreading diseases such as malaria. Scorpions: They kill 3,300 ...

Officials in Zimbabwe say 7-year-old Tinotenda Pudu survived five nights in the "unforgiving wild" of a game park thanks to ...

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

MOSLEY, Va. — The votes have been tabulated, and the baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been named. “Poppy” was the winner in voting from more than 116,000 ballots, the zoo said in a news ...

The mother Iris gave birth to the female calf on Dec. 9 following a seven-month gestation, zoo officials said. The newborn, ...

CBS News partner network BBC News said Zimbabwe's national Parks & Wildlife Management Authority had confirmed the incident and said Pudu was just 7 years old ... to elephants, hippos and lions ...

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 ...

Researchers digitally reconstructed the skull of the ancient Hippopotamus creutzburgi, an extinct dwarf hippo of the Greek ...