A birthday bash fit for a queen — or at least a very cute hippo.

Adoring fans from around the world converged in Thailand this week to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who became a social media sensation. John Yang reports.

The Khao Kheow Open Zoo was overrun with Moo Deng fans on the first of four days of activities marking the hippo’s birthday.

Totally unfazed that it was her birthday, she wandered around her enclosure, took a few naps and chewed her caretaker’s knees ...

Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas welcomed a new baby pygmy hippo. The boy might just become a new internet celebrity.

A male pygmy hippo – the same species as Thailand's viral Moo Deng – was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas ...

Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo celebrated the first birthday of its beloved baby pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, who’s captured hearts ...

Tanganyika Wildlife Park recently welcomed a new addition to its family, enhancing the pygmy hippopotamus population.

The pygmy marmoset holds the distinguished title of being the world's smallest monkey and one of the tiniest primates on Earth.

The pygmy hippo, unlike its larger cousin, is more solitary, resembling rhinos in its preference for a largely solitary lifestyle. Reproduction and Lifespan Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe (image ...

A six-year-old Thai boy with terminal cancer was able to meet the internet-famous pygmy hippo Moo Deng as his final wish.