GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, says Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy ...

The baby hippopotamus born earlier this month at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden finally has a name. The zoo revealed Monday on NBC's "TODAY" show that the male calf's name is Fritz. Fritz’s mother, ...

A rogue hippopotamus capsized a boat packed with passengers in the Ivory Coast, leaving 11 people — including children and a baby — missing, according to authorities. The boat, carrying 14 passengers, ...

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years. No one could've imagined what a stir this underdeveloped, ...

Mars, the six-week-old baby pygmy hippo at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas. Melissa Steven, Tanganyika Wildlife Park A new pygmy hippo star has taken the internet by storm. A six-week-old pygmy ...

Eleven people, including children and a baby, were missing after a hippopotamus capsized their boat in southwestern Ivory Coast, a government official said Saturday. The West African nation's minister ...