Moo Deng, the baby hippo who captivated the world this year, now has a billionaire benefactor. Canadian cryptocurrency mogul Vitalik Buterin donated more than $290,000 to her zoo in Thailand so he ...

Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo who stole hearts around the globe this year, has gained a high-profile supporter: Canadian cryptocurrency magnate Vitalik Buterin. Buterin, the co-founder of ...

Over the span of a week, Moo Deng drew in millions of online admirers. The charismatic animal, whose name means "bouncing pig" in Thai, resides at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in eastern Thailand about ...

Visitors traveled from near and far for a chance to see the pudgy, expressive 2-month-old in person at the zoo about 60 miles southeast of Bangkok. The pit where Moo Deng lives with her mom ...

What explains her charm? Moo Deng walking around her enclosure with her mother, Jona, in January at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in central Thailand.Credit...Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times ...

Some visitors allegedly splashed water and threw shellfish at Moo Deng to wake her up. The zoo added CCTV cameras to the hippo's habitat to monitor visitors and keep the baby hippo safe.

Baby hippo Moo Deng is being harassed by guests at a Thai zoo after going viral online. Officials are taking action to protect the endangered species. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A ...

Visitors hoping to see a pygmy hippopotamus will have a maximum of five minutes to do so, the Thai zoo where she lives announced Saturday. Moo Deng, who was born on July 10, 2024, to parents Tony ...

A two-month-old baby pygmy hippo in Thailand who went viral on social media has been harassed by visitors, leading to zoo authorities adding additional security around her enclosure. Moo Deng ...

Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, donated 10,000,000 baht (about $293,000) to the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, becoming Moo Deng’s “adoptive father” through the zoo’s Wildlife ...