The Zoological Park Organization has slammed a Buddhist monastery for using the image of "Moo Deng", the pygmy hippo and ...

A district ecclesiastical chief in Chonburi Province has ordered 'Phra Ajarn Chin' to leave his temple within 7 days after blessing figurines of 'Moo Deng,' the world-famous pygmy hippopotamus ...

Befitting a pop icon at midlife, Hello Kitty's 50th birthday has brought museum exhibits, a theme park spectacle and a ...

The Milwaukee Zoo mourns the loss of Patti, the oldest hippo in U.S. zoos, who was known for her spirited personality.

The Houston Zoo got a four year old pygmy hippo named Akobi. He is from the San Francisco Zoo. Here's where you can find him at the Zoo.

Her name is as Scottish as it gets, but little Haggis is a long way from her natural home. The forests and swamps of West Africa – particularly Liberia – are the native stomping ground of ...

Despite all the attention, Edinburgh Zoo’s pygmy hippo house will be closed to the public for the time being, as the staff continues to monitor Haggis’s development. But the zoo is already ...

After the birth of a female hippo at a zoo in northeast Thailand, a photo of a baby hippo was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the newborn calf. The image in fact shows ...

"It is great to have our own little ambassador right here," said the hoofstock team leader at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

There’s a new hippo in Houston and he may be ready for his close-up. The Houston Zoo announced the arrival of Akobi, a 477-pound male pygmy hippopotamus from San Francisco, who comes to Houston ...

After all, there’s room to be made for Haggis, the latest addition to Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo and another pygmy hippo who is ready for her close up. Haggis was born to parents Otto and ...