Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than 116,000 votes from 165 countries.

Poppy, a pygmy hippo, was born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia on Dec. 9. Her name was selected by online voters.

Virginia’s newborn pygmy hippo has been named. Drumroll, please. After an online contest run by the Metro Richmond Zoo — where the baby hippo was born in early December — she has been named ...

A female pygmy hippo named Iris gave birth to a healthy female calf on December 9 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, officials said.

Virginia With a newborn pygmy hippo, Virginia gets its own ‘Moo Deng’ Baby hippos have become online celebrities in recent years, thanks to social media hype and their own cuteness.

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo ...

The United States now has its own baby pygmy hippo to compete with other cute viral hippo babies born in other countries recently.

Endangered pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo The newborn, who has yet to be named, is the third baby hippo born at the Metro Richmond Zoo within the past five years.

Step aside, Moo Deng: Watch this baby pygmy hippo born in Virginia just before Christmas Pygmy hippos gained traction this summer, with the birth of Moo Deng in Thailand. Videos of Moo Deng have ...

Moo Deng and Haggis are joined by another slick, round supreme on the scene — a new pygmy hippo born at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. Fans can vote on the two options for her name through ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has revealed on TODAY the name of the baby pygmy hippo born there in December.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is asking for the public's help to choose a name for its newborn pygmy hippo.