Pygmy hippos are an endangered species with fewer than 2,500 estimated in the wild, so each birth is a vital step for ...

The zoo is holding an event on Thursday, Sept. 11, to reveal the gender of the hippo calf with help from father Jahari.

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

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo is expecting a new addition. Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a Thursday social media post. It will be the pygmy ...

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 ...

She didn't look real,' Fiona keeper Jenna Wingate recalls. Now, she's a grown-up hippo, still with star status.