Former Chelsea footballer Antonio Rudiger has launched an auction to aid in the conservation of endangered pygmy hippos in ...

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.

The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year. Also a pygmy hippo, Moo Deng – which means “bouncy pig” in ...

There’s a new hippo in Houston and he may be ready for his close-up. The Houston Zoo announced the arrival of Akobi, a 477-pound male pygmy hippopotamus from San Francisco, who comes to Houston ...

Her name is as Scottish as it gets, but little Haggis is a long way from her natural home. The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of ...

"It is great to have our own little ambassador right here," said the hoofstock team leader at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

Moo Deng, who? There’s a new face at Houston Zoo. Meet Akobi, a four-and-a-half-year-old male pygmy hippo that moved here as part of a breeding recommendation from the @zoos_aquariums (AZA ...

An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The tiny endangered pygmy hippo calf, named Haggis, arrived on 30 October and zookeepers said her personality was ...

The Houston Zoo got a four year old pygmy hippo named Akobi. He is from the San Francisco Zoo. Here's where you can find him at the Zoo.