From Japan to China to Toledo, zookeepers routinely brush hippos' teeth. In the wild, hippos rely on birds and fish for ...

A viral pygmy hippo inspired the name of a restaurant on Fredericksburg Road that has filled a void for Thai food in Beacon Hill.

The Houston Zoo introduced four of its new baby animals that visitors can see in enclosures this fall. The organization revealed Friday that babies from four of its animals had been born in the last ...

Norah, a Baird's tapir born on July 23, is already mingling with capybaras, giant anteaters and swans in the Pantanal habitat ...

Zoos around the world have made it even easier to watch your favorite animals with crystal-clear wildlife livestreams.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Staff at John Ball Zoo, with the help of two pygmy hippos, accomplished a historic achievement in animal conservation. The zoo, located in Grand Rapids, welcomed its first-ever ...

She didn't look real,' Fiona keeper Jenna Wingate recalls. Now, she's a grown-up hippo, still with star status.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy ...