GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Pygmy hippo Jahari broke news Thursday as he munched into a watermelon filled with blue jello. A couple hundred people watched anxiously from lookouts as the father of the zoo’s ...

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 ...

An 11-pound pygmy hippopotamus calf is the newest member of the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the facility said in a Facebook post on Thursday. The baby hippo, welcomed to the world on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re like most animal lovers, you probably can’t get enough of videos showing baby animals exploring their world, especially ...

If you're a fan of the baby pygmy hippo named Mars at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, let us introduce you to another baby boy named Hugo, who lives at the John Ball Zoo in Grand ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo’s baby pygmy hippo made his public debut Monday. Baby Hugo made his first public appearance Oct. 27 for a members-only preview event. The exclusive event ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s here! The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said Penelope, a pygmy hippo, birthed a calf on Wednesday. The unnamed baby weighs 11 pounds and is the first pygmy ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby ...

WASHINGTON - A newborn pygmy hippo calf made its world debut at an Australian zoo. Taronga Zoo Sydney captured video footage on Dec. 2 of the baby hippo calf adjusting to her new surroundings. In the ...