CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Scores of folks gathered at the Metro Richmond Zoo to celebrate Poppy the pygmy hippo's birthday.

Poland's oldest hippopotamus has died at the Warsaw Zoo at the age of 40, zoo officials said on Tuesday. The female hippo, ...

Visit the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, known for sustainability efforts and conservation programs focused on ...

Columnist's top three experiences were the Chincoteague Pony Swim, Dollywood and High's 50th reunion. Here's everywhere she ...

A baby pygmy hippo named Poppy celebrated her recent first birthday in style at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. But ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo completed the transformation of its homes for big African animals by opening a new rhino and hippo facility with a ribbon-cutting event Dec. 9. The new Ladish Co. Foundation ...

Eight years ago, a duck fell from the nest where he was born, perched high above somewhere in the San Antonio Zoo. Most ducks would have fluttered down softly and eventually flown off, moving onto ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mahali, the Denver Zoo’s beloved Nile hippopotamus, will stay in the Mile High City a little longer than expected. Zoo officials in July announced that the ...

DENVER — Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance said this week that its beloved hippos' scheduled transfer to a different state this fall has been postponed. In July, the zoo announced Mahali, its Nile ...

Albuquerque’s mayoral election may be headed to a runoff, but polling to decide the name of a baby hippo at the ABQ BioPark Zoo is clear. In the end, Maisy bested Magdalena as voting wrapped up ...