Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has announced the name of a female baby pygmy hippo born there on Dec. 9. Drum roll, ...

On January 22, 2026, the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park in Arizona welcomed a baby pygmy hippopotamus. The proud parents? Mom Lollipop and Dad Tootsie Roll. So, it was no surprise that ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — More than 100,000 people from around the world cast a vote to name the baby hippo recently born at the Metro Richmond Zoo. More than half of the voters (55.9%) chose to name ...

"Naming animals after food items currently seems to be a popular internet trend." ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo named its newborn baby pygmy hippo after a worldwide poll Rachel McRady is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an entertainment journalist for more than a decade, ...

A baby pygmy hippo was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo in December in another viral birth for the endangered species. Metro Richmond Zoo The world is getting another Moo Deng. On December 9, the ...

Mother hippo Iris and baby Poppy take a dip in a shallow pool. If you happened to be a pygmy hippo born in 2024, then you’re an internet superstar. The world first went bonkers for Moo Deng, a tiny ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo revealed their new baby hippo is a girl but now they need your help in giving her a name. The BioPark is asking you to vote for the name you’d like to ...

Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo has been named. Drumroll, please. After an online contest run by the Metro Richmond Zoo — where the baby hippo was born in early December — she has been named “Poppy.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare pygmy hippopotamus birth occurred at an Arizona zoo in January 2026. Zoo staff decided to let the public select a name from ...