Mars is one of roughly 450 pygmy hippos living in human care around the world, Neale said. Estimates gauge there are less than 2,500 left living in the wild, according to World Wildlife Fund. That's ...

My love of Fiona the hippo is known far and wide, but there is a new baby on the horizon that has the country talking. His name is Mars, a pygmy hippo who lives with his mother, Posie, at Tanganyika ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A female pygmy hippo named Penelope has given birth to a “little splash of joy,” marking the first calf for her and her mate, Jahari. The 11-pound baby hippo was born on Wednesday, ...

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...