Watching Iris open her giant mouth was a little intimidating, but she was very gentle. Who knew she would like celery so much ...

Poppy was so smooth compared to Iris. And I loved Poppy’s ears and eyes when she was trying to munch the lettuce' ...

Groups including Born Free and Peta urge holidaymakers not to perpetuate the suffering of captive animals, like Moo Deng, by visiting them in person or liking and sharing posts on social media.

It's cold, wet, or snowy, and just all over miserable, but World Hippo Day is February 15! We cannot uphold our unofficial ...

HONG KONG: From harbour-front sculptures to posters and even a pyrotechnic drone show, Hong Kong is in a panda frenzy. The ...

Monkeys play with hanging buoys. (Taipei Zoo photo) In the zoo, there are buoys in the pygmy hippo enclosure, while chimpanzees also enjoy buoys hung from trees, sometimes containing food. Zookeepers ...

Is it any wonder that millions of people turned to a pugnacious baby pygmy hippo for a little relief? Moo Deng was born July 10, 2024, at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand. In September, ...

Cuter, even, than 2024’s internationally adored pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng. When you’re a baby, anything you do is cause for celebration. Steve Lefave, who oversees the Oregon Zoo’s ...

Pygmy Hippo. Image by Gathigia Kinyua, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The pygmy hippopotamus, a smaller and lesser ...

One of the most beloved sculptures to ever be on display in New York, Bjørn Okholm Skaarup’s iconic "Hippo Ballerina" has currently set up residence in Fordham University's outdoor sculpture ...

A federal judge has given the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three more years to determine whether the common hippopotamus should be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wild hippos ...