GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A female pygmy hippo named Penelope and her male mate, Jahari, are expecting their first calf. John Ball Zoo took to social media Thursday morning to announce the new pregnancy.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Staff at John Ball Zoo, with the help of two pygmy hippos, accomplished a historic achievement in animal conservation. The zoo, located in Grand Rapids, welcomed its first-ever ...

With only about 2,000 left in the wild, the pygmy hippo's future is increasingly shaped by digital attention driven by one viral animal. Pygmy Hippo Day on April 8 is your yearly nudge to fall in love ...

"World News Tonight" anchor David Muir shared a heartwarming moment at Tanganyika Wildlife Park, just outside Wichita, Kansas, that captured the universal language of maternal authority when an ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Ball Zoo has welcomed a new member to their growing family. Wednesday, new parent Penelope, a pygmy hippo, gave birth to her first calf, according to John Ball Zoo officials ...

Remember Moo Deng? The pygmy hippo that broke the Internet with her adorable cuteness? Well, there’s a new baby pygmy hippo in town—at Arizona’s Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, to be exact—and ...