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

It’s only early January, but last year’s baby pygmy hippo mania is staying strong. Thailand’s feisty Moo Deng became a social media sensation in 2024, taking the world by storm with her knee-biting ...

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

It was overnight that the baby hippo captured hearts across the world. Since Tuesday, the public can now go see her and her mom for themselves. “She’s a curious and brave little Pygmy hippo ...

Whether they voted to name her Hammie Mae or Poppy, most visitors CBS 6 spoke with at the Metro Richmond Zoo agreed the new baby pygmy hippo born just a few weeks ago is adorable. The little ...

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

“Like a human baby, our little hippo spends her days nursing, sleeping, and pooping, but with one glaring difference — she loves to swim,” the zoo said. Poppy has already started nibbling on ...

Well friends, here’s a potential antidote to your woes: a newborn pygmy hippo right here in the region. On Christmas Eve, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia’s capital announced that it had recently ...

The world’s most famous pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, turned six months old on Jan 10. The resident of Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo became an internet sensation at two months old, capturing the hearts of ...