The classes are being held to commemorate Pygmy Hippo Day, which is celebrated on Tuesday, April 8. The zoo will host a two-hour painting class for adults on Friday, April 11, and an hour-long ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo's internet-famous pygmy ... Hippo Haven habitat, the zoo shared on Tuesday. The hippos spend most of their time in the pool, leaving the water a few times a day to graze ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to ...

Anuket is a female Pygmy Hippopotamus named after the Egyptian goddess of the Nile River. The Montgomery Zoo said Anuket has been spending her first month of life bonding with her mom behind the ...

MOSELEY — Poppy the popular pygmy hippo made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. She and her mom Iris have been living in a climate-controlled indoor habitat during the ...

After making waves nationally, Poppy the pygmy hippo has waddled back to the outdoors at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Poppy and her mother, Iris, have moved to the Hippo Haven habitat after living ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

They leave the water a few times during the day to graze on the grass." Hippo Haven offers zoo visitors close-up views of the pygmy hippos on land and in the water. The mother/daughter duo may ...