The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce the birth of a female calf two weeks ago. In the tune, child star and singer Gayla ...

This was a banner year for animal stories in RVA. Why it matters: We had not one but three local critters go viral in 2025. And that was just some of the animal news this year. Let's take a look back.

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 ...

News got a visit from two special guests from the Metro Richmond Zoo on Friday to talk about the upcoming Miracle of Christmas event.

Poppy, the pygmy hippo who quickly garnered national attention after her birth, turned 1 year old on Tuesday. She was born Dec. 9, 2024, to parents Iris and Corwin. More than 100,000 people from ...

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 ...

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 Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby ...

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 ...

Good Morning Richmond Anchor Delaney Hall discussed several holiday events happening in Central Virginia this weekend.

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 ...