Aubergine, an endangered male pygmy hippopotamus, was immobilized to undergo an extensive examination by the Zoo Miami Animal ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day ...

The average length of a hippo is between 9.5 and 16.6 feet. Pygmy hippos are much smaller, only weighing up to 600 lbs, and look like a miniature hippopotamus.

Fewer than 2,500 remain in the wild. Pygmy hippos, Poppy and her mom Iris, in the outdoor pool at Metro Richmond Zoo's Hippo Haven habitat.

On Sunday, Hannah Shirley — a 65-inch-long, 400 to 500 pound pygmy hippo — surpassed the previous age record for her species in managed care of 51 years, 6 months and 2 days.

Common hippos typically give birth underwater, but their smaller relatives the pygmy hippo are born on land or in water. Poppy arrived on December 9 at 4:50 p.m., with several zookeepers and even ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Humane Society announced Sunday its pygmy hippo has surpassed a record milestone and is now the oldest in care in the world. On May 25, 2025, the San Diego ...

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 ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

Born in October 2024, Haggis resides at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo. Pygmy hippos, thought of as the common hippo's smaller cousin, have been endangered since 2016.

A pygmy hippopotamus calf swam for the first time in front of viewers. — -- A pygmy hippopotamus calf has splashed into the water with his mom for the first time in front of viewers at the ...

Updated: Jul 10, 2025 / 09:23 AM CDT GODDARD, Kan. (KSNW) – Tanganyika Wildlife Park is celebrating the birth of a baby pygmy hippo! This birth isn’t just cute, it’s also incredibly rare.