Hippo parents Penelope and Jahari welcomed the 11-pound baby on Sept. 3. It is the first pygmy hippo born at the West Michigan zoo.

Mars is one of roughly 450 pygmy hippos living in human care around the world, Neale said. Estimates gauge there are less than 2,500 left living in the wild, according to World Wildlife Fund. That's ...

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

John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids named their new baby pygmy hippo Hugo, who is part of an endangered species with less than 2,500 left in the wild.

I f you're a fan of the baby pygmy hippo named Mars at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, let us introduce you to another baby boy named Hugo, who lives at the John Ball Zoo in Grand ...