Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo has been named. Drumroll, please. After an online contest run by the Metro Richmond Zoo — where the baby hippo was born in early December — she has been named ...

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 ...

A pygmy hippo gave birth to an “adorable” baby girl in front of patrons at a Virginia Zoo “just in time for the holidays.” Staff at the Metro Richmond Zoo announced the newest addition to ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo said 52,794 people cast their votes to name their new baby Pygmy hippo. But none of the four options — Poppy, Juniper, Hammie Mae and Omi — got over 50% of the vote that ...

The hippo calf was named “Poppy” after a public poll that received over 116,000 votes from 165 countries. Poppy won with 52.8 percent of the vote. Baby Pygmy Hippo Makes a Splash With Mom in ...

This week was the first major deadline for several bills in the Iowa legislature in what’s known as funnel week. Get outside and enjoy the forecast today, we are giving you the First Alert to ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is now offering exclusive meet-and-greets ...

A Lugoff man is dead after deputies with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said he was shot at a home that was “booby-trapped.” A teacher at an Irmo charter school was charged with ...

Iowa, along with 16 other states, filed a lawsuit last year to remove gender dysphoria from the list of federally recognized disabilities. Des Moines police said Christopher Kern, 49, broke into ...