CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Poppy, the popular pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo, celebrated her first birthday recently.

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

Poppy, the pygmy hippo who quickly garnered national attention after her birth, turned 1 year old on Tuesday. She was born ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Making quite the splash on social media, John Ball Zoo is excited to welcome a new member of the family: a pygmy hippo calf! The staff is excited for more than one reason, and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of John Ball Zoo’s newest residents is making a splash during his public debut. Hugo, the nearly two-month-old pygmy hippo calf, had his first members-only preview on Monday, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Pygmy hippo Jahari broke news Thursday as he munched into a watermelon filled with blue jello. A couple hundred people watched anxiously from lookouts as the father of the zoo’s ...

An 11-pound pygmy hippopotamus calf is the newest member of the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the facility said in a Facebook post on Thursday. The baby hippo, welcomed to the world on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo says Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy hippo calf born at the zoo ...