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.

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 ...

views from the bioark, *** new hippo calf was born this morning. The baby's mom, Karen, had *** successful labor, we are told, and delivery. And let's take *** look. Here she is. These photos were ...

Video by @zookeeperguyBaby hippo getting comfy🥰While Mette is not there yet, Maren is now pretty much back to normal, at least in regards to Komtu. Both females are still difficult towards eachother ...

The public is able to see the new endangered pygmy hippo calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. The mother and calf returned to the pool Dec. 30. It was the calf's first time submerged in water ...

Occurred on February 2023 / South Africa Info from Licensor: "Prepare to be captivated by the extraordinary speed and agility ...

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo announced on Friday that a baby pygmy hippo is on the way. Penelope and Jahari, the zoo's pygmy hippos, are expecting their very first calf in mid to late ...

A series of heartwarming photos taken at Delhi Zoo show a very new (just two day old) hippo calf, the first born at the zoo in four years. The female calf was born to a nine-year-old hippo on Monday. ...

Hippos are highly social animals that live in groups of around 40 to 200 individuals. However close the group bonds may be, a female hippo will leave the herd when she is about to give birth. She ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo, the only place in Virginia to see hippos, said that pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species with less than 2,500 mature hippos remaining in the wild. "This ...