On Thursday, Aubergine was gently anesthetized so vets could take a closer look at what might be bothering him. The hippo ...

Hippos are large, semi-aquatic mammals with a barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a large head. They have gray or brownish-gray skin, with pinkish areas around their eyes, mouth, and ears. Hippos are ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day festival dedicated to their most famous resident: a pygmy hippo named Moo ...

“She’s an icon and everyone in the world loves her,” said “mooniac” Molly Swindall, who prepared a birthday breakfast for the pudgy internet sensation. “It’s fun to see she’s her same old self. Fame ...

A male pygmy hippo – the same species as Thailand's viral Moo Deng – was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas ...

John Ball Zoo is expecting a new addition. (July 3, 2025) ...

Penelope and Jahari, the zoo's pygmy hippos, are expecting their very first calf.

Penelope, one of the zoo's pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a Thursday social media post. It will be the pygmy hippo's first calf.

The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

Viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng will turn one next week—and crypto degens are pumping her unofficial Solana meme coin.

The John Ball Zoo expects a pygmy hippo calf from Penelope in August, marking a significant conservation moment.

SAN DIEGO — A pygmy hippo that was rescued more than two decades ago broke a world record, according to San Diego Humane Society. When Hannah Shirley is hungry, the personality-filled pygmy hippo ...