Virginia zoo, pygmy hippo

Virginia zoo seeks a name for newborn pygmy hippo
The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo.
Virginia zoo gets its own Moo Deng and launches poll to name baby pygmy hippo
The excitement and global interest in Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo comes after a female two-month-old pygmy hippo named Moo Deng from Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo launched an internet craze back in September.
Newborn pygmy hippo rings in the New Year at Virginia zoo
Metro Richmond Zoo director Jim Andelin joins 'Fox & Friends' alongside the new baby pygmy hippo and her mom as fans vote to name the newborn viral star.
Poll deciding name for new pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo narrowed to 2 choices
The poll that will decide the name of the new pygmy hippopotamus at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been narrowed down to two choices.
Welcome to the Richmond Zoo’s newest pygmy hippo, that YOU can help name!
This has been the year of baby pygmy hippos thanks to social media. Now, we thought the babies were done arriving for the year, but the Metro Richmond Zoo
Endangered pygmy hippopotamus born at a Virginia zoo and you can help name her
Move over, Moo Deng. A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years,
Richmond Zoo welcomes baby pygmy hippo; public to pick her name from 4 choices
Earlier this month the zoo welcomed a new member to the family. You can help name the newest addition to the Metro Richmond Zoo's Pygmy hippo family.
Baby armadillo — ‘size of a golf ball’ — born at Ohio Zoo. See how fast it’s growing
A tiny new arrival at an Ohio zoo was “the size of a golf ball” at birth. Throughout the armadillo pup’s first three weeks of ...
Countdown to Noon at Air Zoo
Earlier in the day, almost 2,000 packed the Air Zoo in Portage for a countdown to noon. Some 3,000 balloons were dropped from ...
College Football Playoff: Watch as Phoenix Zoo rhino picks Boise State to upset Penn State in Fiesta Bowl
The Boise State Broncos are clear underdogs in Friday's College Football Playoff Quartefinal at the Fiesta Bowl. Not many ...
Massachusetts zoo mourns death of 66-year-old elephant Ruth
Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford is mourning the death of a 66-year-old elephant that has been an iconic member of the zoo ...
A beloved 30-year-old donkey at a Providence zoo has died
Willie “passed peacefully … surrounded by the love of his dedicated zookeepers,” Roger Williams Park Zoo officials said ...
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo celebrates New Year's baby sloth arrival
A sloth born just two weeks ago will join the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo family, with the zoo calling the pup its New Year's baby.
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Zoo Atlanta’s new $20 million health center a game-changer in animal care
That’s the recent memory Dr. Sam Rivera, vice president of animal health at Zoo Atlanta, recalls when asked about his staff’s working conditions before the Rollins Animal Health Center opened in ...
Adorable baby sloth makes debut at Colorado Zoo
The sloth was born on Dec. 18 at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and has been bonding with its mother, Aysan, for the past two weeks.
Orangutans at New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo predict Sugar Bowl winner
The Audubon Zoo orangutans have made their pick for the 91st Allstate Sugar Bowl. Kickoff parade for 91st annual Allstate ...