Moo Deng ruled the internet in 2024, but a new baby pygmy hippo may be coming for the crown this new year. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia announced the name of its very own baby pygmy ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo has released the name of its new pygmy hippo after votes were collected through a poll. The public picked “Poppy” as the hippo’s name, which ...

Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided by the public. The newborn, currently weighing in at 15 pounds ...

This has been the year of baby pygmy hippos thanks to social media. Now, we thought the babies were done arriving for the year, but the Metro Richmond Zoo had to throw in a last minute new birth to ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has had pygmy hippos since 2018, but it was Thailand’s Moo Deng that made the miniature, moist mammals household names. As I walk into the baby’s pen, she follows her ...

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Below are the key discoveries: A new species of pygmy pipehorse, Cylix nkosi, was found in the Indian Ocean near South Africa. This seahorse relative, the size of a golf tee, was spotted ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo. The female baby, born Dec. 9 to parents Iris and Corwin ...

She may be young, but she makes sure people know who’s in charge. “She’s a curious and brave little pygmy hippo. She, like I said, she walks first. She’s pretty funny. She sometimes has ...