The zoo’s staff selected Bob Langston, a full-time freelance artist from Virginia Beach, to redesign the beloved mermaid statue. Previously designing a Norfolk mermaid, Langston was able to ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby girl is the third hippo calf born to Metro Richmond Zoo resident pygmy hippos ...

A Virginia zoo got a hippopotamus for Christmas because only a hippopotamus would do. A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has welcomed two egg-cellent additions to the family. Courtesy of the Virginia Zoo Courtesy of the Virginia Zoo Courtesy of the Virginia Zoo ...

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.

Rumors that a gorilla got loose and was running amok forced a zoo in Virginia to put residents minds at ease — by telling them they have nothing to fear because they have no gorillas in ...

Languages: English. The Metro Richmond Zoo, the only place in Virginia to see hippos, said that pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species with less than 2,500 mature hippos remaining in ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo named its newborn baby pygmy hippo after ... Iris — and Hammie Mae — a nod to Virginia ham. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to ...