"What's cool about this is that she'll forever be 10 years old ... and Mathilda, however old she was, she's back with us." ...

She was the first Nile hippo set to be born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years. But Fiona almost didn’t make it. In the middle of the night, her mother, Bibi, went into labor ...

The 3,200-pound male Nile hippo began displaying signs of respiratory distress and had trouble standing early Friday, the day after he and his longtime mate were moved by crane to temporary ...

Peevey also was there in December 1953 when the Nile hippopotamus Mathilda arrived. Francesca joins 43-year-old Wolee in the zoo’s pachyderm exhibit. Pygmy hippos are listed as endangered, ...

Disney's Animal Kingdom's mama hippo, Tuma, gave birth to a Nile hippopotamus on Saturday There’s a new addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! The park announced the happy news that mama hippo ...

That's 25 pounds lighter than the smallest Nile hippo ever recorded. The zoo director studied wild hippos in Africa. In his almost 40 years at the zoo, he's cared for hundreds of newborn animals.

The baby hippo is the first Nile hippopotamus to be born at Animal Kingdom in 13 years, according to a statement. The newborn calf likely weighs more than 60 pounds, but can grow up to weigh more ...

Donna, the world’s oldest Nile hippo in captivity, who gave birth to 8 babies and lived through 15 presidential elections, died this week at 61.“It is with great sadness for us to announce ...

The sculpture will depict OKC native Gayla Peevey, who sang the 1953 holiday hit " I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," as a 10-year-old with the zoo’s first Nile hippo, Mathilda, ...

1010 WINS- An adorable baby Nile hippopotamus was just born at Disney's Animal Kingdom! Staff welcomed the bundle of joy to their park over the weekend and were especially excited because the calf ...

After more than 220,000 online votes, The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced the name of their newborn baby Nile hippo born on August 3—Fritz. The zoo received a stunning 90,000 name ...

In 1953, Gayla Peevey used the popularity of her hit "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" to help the OKC Zoo get its first hippo. Mathilda.