Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the adorable memes of baby Moo Deng. It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day festival dedicated to their most famous resident: a pygmy hippo named Moo ...

There are two species of hippopotamus: the common river hippo (Hippopotamus amphibious) and the much smaller pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis). The hippo is one of the largest mammals on Earth. On ...

Do you want a hippopotamus for Christmas? Well, a zoo in Virginia released cute pictures of a new rare hippo just in time for the holidays. A baby pygmy hippopotamus — native to West Africa and with ...

Hippos are primarily herbivorous, but they have been observed to engage in omnivorous behavior. Hippos are the third largest living land mammal. Hippos, residing in East and sub-Saharan Africa, cannot ...

HOUSTON — Move over, Moo Deng, there's a new pygmy hippo in town. The Houston Zoo welcomed Akobi recently and he's been getting acquainted with the new home he shares with the bongos. Akobi is a ...

The Albuquerque BioPark is sharing fun facts about how Karen the hippo gave birth to Maisy. The BioPark says Nile hippo ...

Disney's Animal Kingdom's mama hippo, Tuma, gave birth to a Nile hippopotamus on Saturday There’s a new addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! The park announced the happy news that mama hippo, Tuma, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — One of Colorado's cutest animals is growing up. Omo, a 21-month-old hippopotamus at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, will soon weigh more than 1,000 pounds. The Colorado Springs zoo ...