The animals are under pressure from loss of habitat and hunting. Zoos are part of an effort to preserve the species, so every pygmy hippo baby is celebrated. “This birth—like all of Iris ...

Mother hippo and her calf in water. Image by Gonzalo Gonzales on Unsplash. This magical meeting highlights the beauty of first encounters in the animal kingdom. It reminds us of the importance of ...

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

Pauley Perrette’s NCIS prop wasn’t just iconic—it was irresistible. The cast loved it so much, it had to be locked up to stop ...

"Hippo hooray! The zoo is excited to announce a heartwarming addition to our animal family just in time for the holidays: a baby pygmy hippo. The newborn arrived on December 9, 2024, after a 7 ...

Vancouver Island couple Connor Nijsse and Brianne Hinkkuri were renovating their property earlier this year when they made an unusual discovery inside the walls: hundreds of stuffed animals.

RICHMOND, Va. — The Metro Richmond Zoo announced last week that one of their pygmy hippos gave birth to a healthy baby girl earlier in December. Zoo officials say the baby was born on December ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

New NYPD video shows the mysterious masked person who authorities believe abandoned a newborn baby girl stuffed inside a tote bag in front of a Bronx apartment building. The footage, released ...