For many decades, textbooks taught that hippos vanished from the center of Europe upon the onset of the Ice Age. However, a ...

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Everybody’s favorite baby pygmy hippo at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, is at it again—refusing to go inside, which he absolutely hates to do! In this adorable video captured by his ...

The John Ball Zoo announced on Friday that after a week-long naming contest, its new pygmy hippo calf will be called Hugo. Zoo officials said the name means smart and spirited, "just like we expect ...

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.

John Ball Zoo’s adorable baby pygmy hippo has a name — Hugo. The zoo announced the name Friday, Oct. 3 in a Facebook post. Hugo was born Sept. 3, weighing 11 pounds, to his pygmy hippo parents ...

An adorable baby pygmy hippo named Mars is keeping zookeepers on their toes at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, and watching the chaos that follows him around everywhere is pure joy! In ...

Tiwai Island, newly inscribed as Sierra Leone’s first Unesco World Heritage site, is home to rare wildlife and a remarkable ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Ball Zoo's most recent bundle of joy now has a name. After a public naming contest that started just after the baby pygmy hippo was born, the winning name turned out to be: ...