Her move is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan which will help promote genetic diversity in ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has finally revealed the name of its pygmy hippo calf: Hugo. Pygmy hippo calf born at John Ball Zoo The zoo announced the name Friday afternoon in a social ...

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The cutest guessing game in Grand Rapids has come to an end! In a gender reveal party at the zoo on Thursday morning, proud Papa Jahari took center stage to help unveil his baby ...

In a gender reveal party at the zoo on Thursday morning, proud Papa Jahari took center stage to help unveil his baby boy's gender. As eager visitors packed the viewing areas around his habitat, Jahari ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A big day in my neighborhood of Grand Rapids. John Ball Zoo revealed the gender of the Pygmy Hippo born last week. The father had knocked the watermelon inside the exhibit behind ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Ball Zoo announced the sex of their new pygmy hippo calf Wednesday. Born last Wednesday to mother Penelope, who is a first time mother, the new baby hippo was revealed to be ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It’s a boy! Pygmy hippo Jahari, the father of John Ball Zoo’s pygmy hippo calf, helped break the news at a gender reveal event on Thursday, Sept. 11 at the zoo in Grand Rapids. The ...

Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years. No one could've imagined what a stir this underdeveloped, ...