The young female made her public debut this week, and the Metro Richmond Zoo is asking fans to vote on her name—a choice ...

The excitement and global interest in Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo comes after a female two-month-old pygmy hippo named Moo ...

Virginia Zoo announced the name of the December-born baby pygmy hippo as "Poppy," to which the internet reacted by saying, ...

The famed pygmy hippo even received an upgraded zoo enclosure from Canadian cryptocurrency billionaire Vitalik Buterin, who donated more than $290,000 to Moo Deng’s zoo in Thailand so he could be her ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy hippopotamus, born on Dec. 9. Five days after birth, the yet-to-be-named baby pygmy weighed about 15 pounds, according to ...

Watch out, Moo Deng. A new baby hippo has made a holiday entrance and she is soaking up the social media spotlight. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia has announced the addition of a baby pygmy ...

Thailand’s own baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng won hearts around the world last year. Videos of the hippo’s sassy personality and bouncy antics went viral in September, aided by her zookeeper ...

The attention has led to comparisons to Moo Deng, the internationally famous baby pygmy hippo from Thailand. “I hope she becomes the next Moo Deng,” Lopez said. “Baby hippos are really the ...

Moo Deng is a baby female pygmy hippo at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo (Getty Images) It wasn’t just that her name translated to “bouncy pork,” though that did humor many, fans were also ...