The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a Thursday social media post. It will be the pygmy ...

Creating an optimal chinchilla habitat is one of the most important tasks for ensuring the health and happiness of these ...

The Loguirato family will no longer struggle to find a place to live, thanks the efforts of Habitat for Humanity in Wall.

The park had previously kept hippos called Sonia and Spot, but they died within a year of each other, both at the age of 49. But the facility they lived in has now become “outdated” by modern ...

Work to the new hippo house, which will eventually welcome a bull and females, will begin on Monday. David Leverett, Longleat's Development Director, said the park hoped to welcome hippos back at the ...

Work to the new hippo house, which will eventually welcome a bull and females, will begin on Monday. David Leverett, Longleat's Development Director, said the park hoped to welcome hippos back at ...

In short: Common and pygmy hippopotamuses can be imported to Australian zoos after a 40-year hiatus. Werribee Zoo plans to import a male common hippo in 2025. What's next? Zoos hope to be able to ...

Wiltshire Council has received plans for a “new modern hippo house” that would accommodate up to eight hippos. According to application, Longleat wants to become a leader in hippopotamus care, ...

Plans to bring hippos back to Longleat have progressed as the Safari Park has now submitted a planning application for a state-of-the-art facility to house the animals. Wiltshire Council has ...