Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the ...

Somehow, despite this site's love for hippos of the pygmy variety, we've written very little about hippos of the extremely ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Cincinnati Zoo’s iconic hippo, Fiona, turns eight years old Friday. In honor of Fiona’s birthday, the ...

RANST, Belgium — Belgium's once pastoral pastime of pigeon racing has come to this: Drones swoop over lofts where valuable ...

Metro Richmond Zoo launched "Poppy Cam" on Jan. 13 — allowing fans from around the world to watch the baby pygmy hippo splash around in her pool Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

There's another baby pygmy hippo livestream coming your way — this time for Poppy! On Monday, Jan. 13, the Metro Richmond Zoo delighted animal lovers by launching "Poppy Cam," a livestream of ...

The Virginia Richmond Zoo has named its baby hippo Poppy following an online poll. Born on December 9, Poppy is a pygmy hippo, an endangered West African species. With over 116,000 votes ...

MOSLEY, Va. — The votes have been tabulated, and the baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been named. “Poppy” was the winner in voting from more than 116,000 ballots, the zoo said ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo named its newborn baby pygmy hippo after a worldwide poll Rachel McRady is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an entertainment journalist for more than a decade ...

The public picked “Poppy” as the hippo’s name, which was announced by the zoo in the morning on Monday, Jan. 6. The baby hippo was born on Dec. 9 to parents Iris and Corwin, according to the ...

There’s a new hippo in town — and she’s ready to pop into the spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo announced the name of its newborn baby pygmy hippo on the “Today Show” Monday after a ...