Metro Richmond Zoo has announced the birth of a baby pygmy hippo, who arrived on 9 December after a seven-month gestation. It is the third calf of Iris and Corwin, the young hippo’s mother and father.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby hippopotamus just in time for Christmas. The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus at ...

Step aside Moo Deng, there’s a new pygmy hippopotamus in town. Earlier this month, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, welcomed a baby female pygmy hippo calf whose name will be decided by ...