This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species.

When a well-known and loved homeless man nicknamed “Pepe” was killed in the crossfire of a Chicago shooting outside her home ...

A Tahlequah native is helping care for baby pygmy hippo Mars at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas, where the young animal ...

The John Ball Zoo's pygmy hippo calf is a boy! In a gender reveal party at the zoo on Thursday morning, proud Papa Jahari ...

A baby pygmy hippo's viral moment at Tanganyika Wildlife Park showed how a mother's stern look works across species. Mars, one of only 3,000 left, learned quickly.

Fiona the hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo has been written up in the New York Times and her own show. Mars, a pigmy hippo in Kansas has garnered international attention while a foursome of baby giraffes a ...

The John Ball Zoo's hippo calf was born on Sept. 3 to mother Penelope and her mate Jahari. The calf, who is yet to be named, is Penelope's first child. The hippos are doing well, and the zoo's animal ...

Staff at John Ball Zoo, with the help of two pygmy hippos, accomplished a historic achievement in animal conservation. The zoo, located in Grand Rapids, welcomed its first-ever pygmy hippo calf on ...

Friends, I hope you're picturing the absolute town-crier vibe of this announcement. This Monday we are collectively gifted by ...

Inquiring minds want to know what it’s like being a baby pygmy hippo—and the staff at Tanganyika Wildlife Park didn’t ...

Located in Goddard, Kansas, the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is home to an internet-famous baby pygmy hippo named Mars, and his ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A female pygmy hippo named Penelope has given birth to a “little splash of joy,” marking the first calf ...