The Nigerian Conservation Foundation has raised the alarm over the continued killing of hippopotamuses in Nigeria lamenting that only about 100 remain in the country.NCF raised the alarm following the ...

The hippopotamus was killed by a local vigilante, Patrick David, in the Okumuzo River, a tributary of the Alika River, along ...

This little pygmy hippopotamus has been giving the zookeepers a real run for their money with his baby hippo antics, ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.

Aubergine, an endangered male pygmy hippopotamus, recently was immobilized to undergo an extensive examination by the Zoo ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed the birth of a pygmy hippopotamus in time for Christmas, according to a December 22 news release from the zoo. The adorable newborn was born on Dec. 6, says the ...

The Houston Zoo announced Tuesday that it has welcomed a 450-pound male pygmy hippopotamus named Silas. The two-and-a-half-year-old hippo moved to Houston from Omaha, Nebraska in September, and ...

Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia delivered a version of Peevey's wish — and not just with any ol' hippopotamus, but with a wide-eyed, shoebox-size, baby pygmy hippopotamus.

In 1953, the then 10-year-old Peevey sang the novelty hit “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.” It led to a statewide fund drive in which children donated dimes to purchase and bring a ...

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The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed the birth of a pygmy hippopotamus in time for Christmas, according to a December 22 news release from the zoo. The adorable newborn was born on Dec. 6, says the ...