The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby ...

"Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the Metro Richmond Zoo shared Metro Richmond Zoo Two pygmy hippos in Virginia ...

(RICHMOND, Va.) — The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24. The newborn arrived on Dec 9. after a ...

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.

RICHMOND, Va. — The Metro Richmond Zoo announced last week that one of their pygmy hippos gave birth to a healthy baby girl earlier in December. Zoo officials say the baby was born on December 9th ...

Three cheetah cubs were born at the Richmond Zoo in Virginia, the second litter of the endangered species recently born at the zoo. The three cheetah cubs were just born to mom Khari. The keepers at ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years. The ...

Two cases of H5 bird flu have been reported at the Metro Richmond Zoo, marking the first positive test in the zoo’s 30-year history. (Metro Richmond Zoo) RICHMOND, Va. – Two cranes died of bird flu at ...

A trio of otter pups are the newest residents of the Virginia Zoo, and at one month old, they have started to open their eyes ...