A newborn pygmy hippo named Haggis at Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo has captured hearts and bolstered hope for the endangered species. The pint-sized pachyderm is just days old and is being closely ...

Born October 30 to parents Gloria and Otto at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the hippo is already gaining popularity, following in the footsteps of viral sensation Moo Deng ...

The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of pygmy hippos, but there are believed to be only 2,500 remaining in the wild today, according to the ...

Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey, famed for her song "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas," returns to the Oklahoma City Zoo for a sing-along event on Nov. 9.