The new male lion is named Pilipili, and he came all the way from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo said he ...

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

It’s Poppy’s birthday! The pygmy hippo turned 1 year old on Saturday and Metro Richmond Zoo was more than happy to celebrate.

Nursing underwater is an adaptation that allows pygmy hippo calves to feed while staying submerged and protected by mom.

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 ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's new home for its rhinos and hippo opens to the public Dec. 9. The Ladish Co. Foundation Rhino Care Center is designed to bring the public "closer than ever" to the zoo's ...

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 ...

Hippo escapes from zoo and causes chaos in the surrounding area. Iran in "full-scale war" with US, ready with "decisive response"—Tehran Americans will get 'gigantic' tax refund next year, Treasury ...

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 ...