This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species.

When a well-known and loved homeless man nicknamed “Pepe” was killed in the crossfire of a Chicago shooting outside her home ...

A Tahlequah native is helping care for baby pygmy hippo Mars at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas, where the young animal ...

Friends, I hope you're picturing the absolute town-crier vibe of this announcement. This Monday we are collectively gifted by ...

The John Ball Zoo's hippo calf was born on Sept. 3 to mother Penelope and her mate Jahari. The calf, who is yet to be named, ...

Pygmy hippo Jahari broke news Thursday as he munched into a watermelon filled with blue jello. A couple hundred people ...

In a gender reveal party at the zoo on Thursday morning, proud Papa Jahari took center stage to help unveil his baby's gender.

Fiona the hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo has been written up in the New York Times and her own show. Mars, a pigmy hippo in ...

A baby pygmy hippo's viral moment at Tanganyika Wildlife Park showed how a mother's stern look works across species. Mars, one of only 3,000 left, learned quickly.

The cutest guessing game in Grand Rapids is about to come to an end as John Ball Zoo will reveal the gender of its first ...

Since pygmy hippos live a solitary lifestyle, there would be no reason for Mars to interact with his dad. Posie has her hands ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A female pygmy hippo named Penelope has given birth to a “little splash of joy,” marking the first calf ...