Male hippos face intense competition for the mating rights to the local females in a particular section of a river. In this fascinating clip, we see two large males squaring up to each other.

On Dec. 9 at 4:50 p.m., mother Iris gave birth to a 15-pound female hippo. It was the third calf Iris and her mate Corwin have produced in the last 4½ years, according to Jan Lopez, one of the ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

For that reason, zookeepers said two of the other pygmy hippo babies born at Metro Richmond Zoo were moved to different facilities to eventually mate with other members of their species.