CEDAR CREEK, Texas — What was an exciting celebration for one Texas couple became the subject of criticism on Twitter. The New York Post reported Jonathan Joseph and Bridgette Joseph were at Capital ...

There is a new outdoor interactive experience at the Metro Richmond Zoo where guests can feed the viral pygmy hippo Poppy and her mom, Iris. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports for TODAY on the zoo’s “spunky” ...

Adventure Aquarium in Camden provides visitors with the chance to get up close and personal with a variety of aquatic creatures through their encounters and tours. These behind-the-scenes experiences ...

A Zimbabwean woman living among monkeys and hippos turned heads after sharing a video feeding wild animals at her door and explained why she helps them.

When Japan's Osaka Tennoji Zoo took in a hippo named Gen-chan seven years ago, they were told the young animal was a male. Recently, they took a DNA test and found out the mammal is actually a female.

Move over, Pesto and Moo Deng—a new swoon-worthy baby animal just hit the internet. Last week, Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo welcomed a baby pygmy hippopotamus named Haggis. The tiny calf was born October ...

Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study. This is the first time that the animals, which can weigh more than 2,000 kilograms (2.2 tons) and spend much of ...