What's in a name? After a spirited global contest, the people have spoken: Richmond Metro Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo now has a fitting moniker. Poppy. The newborn entered the world on Monday ...

Haggis the pygmy hippo has been spotted exploring her habitat in an adorable new video. The pygmy hippo calf was born at ...

When a bull elephant and hippo meet in a watering hole, it's not always a peaceful coexistence. In the accompanying footage, captured by Scott Hyman in Botswana, South Africa, the much larger ...

Before he (spoiler alert) gores the mayor to death, the hippo is running against him for election with Juan as his communications director and (gasp) as an influencer. As people begin turning into ...

The baby pygmy hippo has enthralled the internet for weeks, with photos of the adorable two-month-old plastered across every social media platform. People just can't get enough of Moo Deng ...

The average male hippo weighs about 7,000 pounds. Hippos are known to be territorial and aggressive at times. A year before Lisa Manders died, seven people were killed in the southern African ...

While Bibi and the newborn hippo get time to themselves to bond ... Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer ...