A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of ...

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have identified the oldest-known piece made of hippopotamus ivory in the Iberian Peninsula. Found at the Bòbila Madurell site near Barcelona, one of Europe’s ...

Pygmy hippopotamus Hannah Shirley at her Humane Society birthday bash. (File photo courtesy San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center) The San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center is ...

The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm? Thailand Dispatch The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is ...

HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Fla. – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is in mourning today following the peaceful passing of Lu, the ...

Lu the hippopotamus died June 8 at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. Born at the San Diego Zoo, Lu arrived at Homosassa in 1964. He was 65. The hippo starred in several movies and ...