Baby hippos can be quite a handful. They are naturally rebellious and exhibit highly rambunctious behavior on a daily basis. The Thai baby pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, is one particularly sassy, famous ...

At a zoo in Kansas, keepers were having trouble with a slippery, recalcitrant, baby pygmy hippopotamus who didn’t want to get out of the pool. It’s something they deal with every day, but in a viral ...

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 ...

A rogue hippopotamus capsized a boat packed with passengers in the Ivory Coast, leaving 11 people — including children and a baby — missing, according to authorities. The boat, carrying 14 passengers, ...

Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years. No one could've imagined what a stir this underdeveloped, ...

There appears to be something universal about the “mom stare.” A video of a funny interaction between a baby hippo and his mother has gone viral, racking up over 4.6 million likes as social media ...

A tour guide who was swallowed by an angry hippopotamus in Zimbabwe has recalled how he had one bizarre thought as the 15ft beast clamped its massive jaws around him. Paul Templer had been working as ...

Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo on Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has become a social media sensation. The Khao Kheow Open Zoo ...

GODDARD, Kan. (KWCH) - Tanganyika Wildlife Park recently welcomed a new addition to its family, enhancing the pygmy hippopotamus population. A male pygmy hippopotamus calf was born on June 26, 2025, ...

A zoo in the U.S. state of Kansas has welcomed the birth of a healthy baby pygmy hippopotamus, raising hope for a species that’s becoming rare in the wild. The yet-to-be-named male pygmy hippo calf, ...

The common hippo is native to the sub-Saharan regions of Africa. Baby hippos are undoubtedly some of the cutest semiaquatic animals. However, they grow up to be some of the largest and most dangerous ...

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 zoo’s ...