Earlier this month, the MetroRichmondZoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided by the public. The newborn, currently weighing in at 15 pounds ...
The MetroRichmondZoo, the only place in Virginia to see hippos, said that pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species with less than 2,500 mature hippos remaining in the wild.
A public vote has opened to name the MetroRichmondZoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based ...
RICHMOND, Va. — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the MetroRichmondZoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five ...