Moo-ve over, Moo Deng — here comes Uki, the adorable orphaned walrus. The brave girl, found abandoned along the Arctic Ocean, ...

Meet Poppy, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has captured everyone’s hearts! Poppy, born on December 9, 2024, is rapidly ...

Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond ... she’s expected to be about ten times her birth weight. Prior to stepping out to soak up the sun, Poppy, along with her ...

He never imagined the zoo's newborn pygmy hippo would become an internet megastar within weeks. Cars started lining up outside the zoo well before it opened Thursday. Visitors traveled from near ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The Metro Richmond Zoo is hosting painting classes at the end of the week featuring everyone's favorite baby pygmy hippo, Poppy. The classes are being held to ...

Haggis Photo RZSS Since Haggis was born in October 2024, Otto has been living separately. This mimics the natural behaviours of pygmy hippos, where the mother takes responsibility for the care ...

Moo Deng is arguably the most famous baby hippo of 2024 (or perhaps the most famous pygmy hippo ... some of which marked the first pygmy hippo births at their zoo in year. That’s great news for this ...

Dad Otto has been living separately since the birth, as would be the case in the wild. The natural behaviour of pygmy hippos is for the mother to take responsibility for the care, protection, and ...

The successful birth of three dire wolves is a revolutionary milestone of scientific progress that illustrates another leap forward in Colossal’s de-extinction technologies and is a critical ...

The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November 2024, and the zoo's animal care team is continuing to monitor additional eggs that may hatch in upcoming weeks.

According to Metro Richmond Zoo, pygmy hippos grow very quickly. A month from now, Poppy will be 10 times her birth weight. She still nurses and also nibbles on grain, hay, lettuce, celery ...