Animal awareness days provide rescue and wildlife groups with the opportunity to highlight public awareness and raise funds ...

Speaking to The National, Karen Stiven – one of Haggis’ keepers – said the baby pygmy hippo was “coming out of her shell”. Stiven said: “She is funny, she charges about and she comes and bites on your ...

Water offers defense as well. Generally hippos are found in rivers, lakes and swamps. These water sources are their lifeline. They provide a habitat but also food. Hippos graze on grasses close to ...

The illegal wildlife trade has become an international phenomenon, with a wide variety of products made from rhino and hippo parts being sold online and on the black market. You can help out and adopt ...

Metro Richmond Zoo launched "Poppy Cam" on Jan. 13 — allowing fans from around the world to watch the baby pygmy hippo splash around ... will move to an outdoor habitat, which includes a large ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo is looking for a muralist for its Hippo Haven habitat. In a Facebook post, the zoo expressed that it is seeking a skilled muralist to ...

“Our investigations have shown that the hippos were moving up to 10km from their habitat in search of food,”said ZimParks.

the mama-daughter duo will move to the outdoor habitat which has a large pool with underwater viewing windows. In Virginia, the Metro Richmond Zoo is the only place where visitors can see hippos ...

After a spirited global contest, the people have spoken: Richmond Metro Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo now has a fitting moniker. Poppy. The newborn entered the world on Monday, Dec. 9, and has quickly ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo hosted a naming contest for the female baby pygmy hippo born Dec. 9 ... Iris and Poppy are on habitat at the zoo and can be seen by visitors in the indoor pool area.

It’s only early January, but last year’s baby pygmy hippo mania is staying strong. Thailand’s feisty Moo Deng became a social media sensation in 2024, taking the world by storm with her knee ...