Researchers have developed a method to extract living cells from feces that they say could help conservationists better ...

has made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. The nearly four-month-old Poppy, weighing around 80 pounds, is growing rapidly and enjoys a diet of grain, hay ...

The big picture: The Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience starts ... poopy" and attendees may also be poop on — and should expect to smell upon leaving, per the zoo. Of note: Groups will go in four ...

After making waves nationally, Poppy the pygmy hippo has waddled back to the outdoors at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Poppy and her mother, Iris, have moved to the Hippo Haven habitat after living ...

They grow up so fast. And so big. Hippos, that is. Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in December, has taken her first steps outside. She’s now viewable to the public at the ...

Would you dig through animal excrement if you knew you would find a diamond? Wildlife researchers at the University of Oxford ...

The Montgomery Zoo this week announced the birth of a female pygmy hippopotamus. Anuket was actually born on Feb. 9 but has spent the last month bonding with her mother behind the scenes ...

Anuket is a female Pygmy Hippopotamus named after the Egyptian goddess of the Nile River. The Montgomery Zoo said Anuket has been spending her first month of life bonding with her mom behind the ...

That’s why she started the so-called “Poo Zoo,” established in October 2024 with funding from conservation non-profit Revive and Restore. The project builds on previous research conducted by ...