The Metro Richmond Zoo announced that a baby pygmy hippo was born on Dec. 9, 2024, in Richmond, Va. Metro Richmond Zoo At 5 days old, the newborn had a neonatal exam and she weighed 15 pounds.

The hippo, born after a seven-month gestation, weighed 15 pounds at her neonatal exam administered five days after birth. Fully grown pygmy hippos can weigh up to 600 pounds, according to zoo ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo, previously living in a climate-controlled environment, has made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. The nearly four-month-old Poppy, weighing ...

The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo two weeks before Christmas. The Virginia zoo wrote that the birth is significant to conservation efforts for the endangered species.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24.. The newborn arrived on Dec 9. after a seven-month ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo Dec. 9, the zoo announced Christmas Eve. The public is now invited to vote on her name.

The newborn pygmy hippo was born on Dec. 9 after a 7-month gestation, according to a release from the zoo. She was born to pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin. This is their third calf in 4.5 ...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby hippopotamus just in time for Christmas. The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.

Baby hippo Moo Deng is the new sweetheart of the internet. Since the hippo was born two months ago, the number of visitors to the Khao Kheow Open Zoo has doubled.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia — The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia announced the newest addition to their animal family, a baby pygmy hippo, just in time for the holidays. The newborn pygmy ...