The zoo put out a Vine of the calf and mama playing in the water, and it’s too cute for words ... s going well between mom and baby,” Mehlow said. FYI, baby hippos typically nurse for about ...

Poppy, the latest baby hippo internet sensation, made her outdoor enclosure debut at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, on Friday, March 28. The pygmy hippo calf was born in December last ...

An alpha hippo is challenged by two outside males. A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary, but this is no ordinary year, as a once-in-a-lifetime drought spurs unusual animal behavior.

It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are undeniably cute. But encountering a real-life hippo in the wild? Now that’s a whole different story. Despite their chubby, lovable appearance ...

The hippo calf was named “Poppy” after a public poll that received over 116,000 votes from 165 countries. Poppy won with 52.8 percent of the vote. Baby Pygmy Hippo Makes a Splash With Mom in ...

However, pro-hippo propaganda has convinced many that hippos are harmless, even friendly creatures. It is no coincidence that as hippo-related baby deaths start to rise in the U.S., pygmy hippopotamus ...

Conservationists say fewer than 2,500 mature pygmy hippos are left in the wild. Passengers have been forced to evacuate a Delta plane after an engine caught fire while on the tarmac at Orlando ...

Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting cute moments of the animals ... zoo for eight years taking care of hippos, sloths, capybaras and binturongs, said baby hippos are usually more playful ...

According to the zoo, pygmy hippos grow very quickly and by five months, Poppy will be 10 times her birth weight. Poppy was born on Dec. 9 at the zoo and is the third baby hippo born at the zoo ...