CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — The Metro Richmond Zoo announced "The Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience" on Tuesday, which gives visitors a chance for up-close and personal encounters with the viral baby hippo ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo has welcomed six cheetah cubs, which guests can now view in the species’ public habitat at the zoo. According to the Metro Richmond Zoo, six ...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Poppy, the popular pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo, celebrated her first birthday recently.

Poppy, the pygmy hippo who quickly garnered national attention after her birth, turned 1 year old on Tuesday. She was born ...

Metro Richmond Zoo's pygmy hippo calf Poppy is a worldwide sensation. The zoo is offering a popular "Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience" for guests to meet Poppy and her mother Iris. Tickets for the ...

The summer of 2012 has seen some of the warmest temperatures ever recorded in Central Virginia. And extremely hot days can be dreadful for humans, but what about the wildlife who also live in our area ...

MOSELEY — Poppy the popular pygmy hippo made her debut in the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat at Metro Richmond Zoo. She and her mom Iris have been living in a climate-controlled indoor habitat during the ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched a new experience that allows visitors to meet Poppy, the baby endangered pygmy hippo, up close and personal. Starting Jan. 22, the ...

Co-host Savannah Guthrie first suggested the zoo name the baby “Hoda” after co-host Hoda Kotb, who is celebrating her final week on the show this week. Metro Richmond Zoo Poppy the baby hippo and her ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — After Poppy, the Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest baby pygmy hippo became a viral sensation on social media, she and her mother are now on view each day through a ...

Two cases of H5 bird flu have been reported at the Metro Richmond Zoo, marking the first positive test in the zoo’s 30-year history. (Metro Richmond Zoo) RICHMOND, Va. – Two cranes died of bird flu at ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo on Wednesday euthanized one of their male lions. The zoo posted on Facebook this morning that Pawl, a nearly 21-year-old lion, was suffering from arthritis, had stopped eating ...