The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...

MOSLEY, Va. — The votes have been tabulated, and the baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been named. “Poppy” was the winner in voting from more than 116,000 ballots, the zoo said in a news ...

More than 100,000 people from around the world cast a vote to name the baby hippo recently born at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than ...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of Victor Dempsey, 65, who passed away peacefully on January 1, 2025, ...

Lloyd Bruce Baker Sr. passed away peacefully after a long battle with heart disease and Parkinson’s. Surrounded by his loving ...

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Dr. Mary Ellen McManaway, 74, born on June 20, 1950, in Roanoke, Virginia passed away peacefully on January 8, 2025. Mary was ...

MILA—Stephen Howard “Skip” Miller II of Mila passed away January 1, 2025. Born in Kingston, Pa., on June 5, 1935, he was ...

Last year over the summer, a baby pygmy hippo born in Thailand named Moo Deng gained international interest when photos of the playful hippopotamus went viral. Moo Deng, which means "bouncy pork," a ...

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

Britain’s threatened rainforests will make an appearance at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, with a garden dedicated to the lost, wet woods of the west. The Wildlife Trusts is creating a garden with ...