Inquiring minds want to know what it’s like being a baby pygmy hippo—and the staff at Tanganyika Wildlife Park didn’t disappoint! They’ve spent the last several months sharing daily updates on Mars, ...

Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng eats fruit presented for her first birthday celebration at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday. The Khao Kheow Open Zoo was overrun with Moo Deng ...

A stubborn baby hippo at a Kansas wildlife park met his match when his mother delivered a look every parent knows. At Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, KS, a 6-week-old pygmy hippo named Mars ...

Mars has a big attitude for being a little guy!

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, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo is expecting a new addition. Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a Thursday social media post. It will be the pygmy ...

There appears to be something universal about the “mom stare.” A video of a funny interaction between a baby hippo and his mother has gone viral, racking up over 4.6 million likes as social media ...

"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 ...

A baby hippo chases its friends with surprising energy and playful mischief.

CHONBURI, Thailand -- Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo on Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has become a social media sensation.

CHONBURI, Thailand — Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo on Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has become a social media sensation.