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 ...

They are about half the size of common hippos, weighing less than one-fourth the full size of an adult common hippo. Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their average life expectancy is 27 years.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Do you know the classic game Hungry Hungry Hippos? The life-size version on ice will have players sliding on their stomachs on inner tubes collecting balls with laundry ...

At birth Poppy weighed 15 pounds, but fully grown pygmy hippos can reach up to 600 pounds. They are roughly 10 times smaller than a standard-size hippo, according to the World Wildlife Fund ...

Fiona the hippo's life started way too soon. At one year, this is already an existence that no one saw coming, that no one has seen before.

The average life expectancy of a pygmy is 27 years, compared to 35 years for a common hippo, per the San Diego Zoo. Pygmy hippos were deemed an endangered species by the International Union for ...

TikToker @nc_tweeder5 captured the surreal and hilarious moment a life-size ceramic hippo statue floated down a flooded street in Biltmore Village, Asheville, North Carolina.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Families satisfied their appetite for fun competing in a life-sized tabletop game. Teams of six raced across an ice rink in sleds, scooping up balls in a fast-paced ...

The OKC Zoo is expected to welcome its newest art installation, a life-size sculpture of a young Peevey and baby Mathilda named "Gayla’s Hippo Hero," in summer 2025. "Oh, my goodness.

Footage has emerged showing police wrestling a giant hippo out of the road after giant animal was discovered blocking late night traffic in Wales. Police were called in after the life-size animal was ...

The zoo's only hippo, Lupe, will be moving to her new home where she can live with other hippos. The zoo the last day to see Lupe at the Woodland Park Zoo will be Sept. 24.