This wildlife feature introduces Moo Deng while exploring the unique biology of pygmy hippos. Unlike their larger relatives, ...

While we certainly can enjoy watching them chomp lettuce, their enormous mouths do remind us that hippos are considered "the ...

Reports of baby pygmy hippos in Thailand and in Richmond, Virginia, have garnered much attention for their respective zoos, attracting many visitors. These cuties look like they are lovable little ...

Tourists can get up close and personal with wildlife when they stay in safari camps at Kruger National Park. You never know who might be wandering by the watering hole as you enjoy an outdoor dining ...

A Ramona Wildlife Center pygmy hippo that was rescued more than two decades ago broke a world record this weekend by becoming the oldest living captive pygmy hippo in recorded history, San Diego ...

A federal judge has given the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three more years to determine whether the common hippopotamus should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wild hippos are ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The pygmy hippo Poppy has been released into the Hippo Haven Habitat at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Like chicks after they hatch, Poppy and her mom, Iris, lived in a ...

A Rare Conservation Win Mars is one of only three pygmy hippos born in the U.S. last year and one of roughly 3,000 left in the wild. Born at just 13 pounds, he now weighs nearly 40 pounds. For the ...