In a Facebook post filled with images of Penelope, the zoo said it's the perfect time to come visit her and her round belly.

The 7-year-old female pygmy hippo arrived at John Ball Zoo in the summer of 2023 from the Toronto Zoo in Canada.

Richmond Park Pool’s scheduled “Wag ‘n’ Wade” event this summer was canceled on Thursday, the city of Grand Rapids says.

Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo living in Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand, went viral in September 2024. Viewers around ...

John Ball Zoo is expecting a new addition. Penelope, one of the zoo’s pygmy hippos, is pregnant, the zoo announced in a ...

Viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng will turn one next week—and crypto degens are pumping her unofficial Solana meme coin.

The pygmy hippopotamus is endangered, with fewer than 2,500 remaining in the wild. Major threats to hippo conservation include habitat loss as wetlands are drained for agriculture, hunting for meat ...

A six-year-old Thai boy with terminal cancer was able to fulfill his ultimate wish — to see the adorable pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, in person before his death. Moo Deng (Thai for ‘bouncy pork ...

‘Penelope’s Bones’ Review: Queens of the Bronze Age The women of Greece’s oldest civilization wove fabrics, carried weapons and wept over their lost children. By A.E. Stallings Share ...

Dr Richard Gillespie, a co-author, previously dated the bones to beyond 43,000 years ago. “ Zygomaturus trilobus was one of the largest marsupials that ever existed — it would have looked like a ...

HOMOSASSA, Fla. — A larger-than-life celebrity has died. Lu the African hippopotamus and longtime resident at the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park died on Sunday. The hippo ...