The Virginia Richmond Zoo has named its baby hippo Poppy following an online poll. Born on December 9, Poppy is a pygmy hippo ...

Poppy the pygmy hippo calf recently got her first taste of swimming. The baby was born at Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo, in ...

Pygmy hippos (Choeropsis liberiensis) are native to West Africa. Pygmy hippos are classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.

A female pygmy hippo named Iris gave birth to a healthy female calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, officials said.