The Richmond Flying Squirrels introduced new jerseys that feature the image of the Metro Richmond Zoo’s beloved pygmy hippo, Poppy!

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The pygmy hippo Poppy has been released into the Hippo Haven Habitat at the Metro Richmond Zoo. Like chicks after they hatch, Poppy and her mom, Iris ...

A new legal fund is taking shape in response to an apparent shortage of pro-bono lawyers in metro Richmond. Announced Monday, the Richmond Community Legal Fund says it will take on the legal cases ...

Looking for an IT girl wardrobe this festival season? Well Poppy has you covered – and she’s an expert after all. (Picture: Metro/Nobody’s Child/Poppy Delevingne) Metro journalists select ...

The total does not include birds such as the Metro Richmond Zoo cranes that tested positive for the bird flu in January. The DWR sends bird samples to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease ...

It's Zoo Babies month at the Cincinnati Zoo.The Cincinnati Zoo is celebrating its newest zoo babies the entire month of May.This year's zoo babies class features a variety of adorable baby animals ...

Georgia-based FiberLight — which will soon relocate its headquarters to Dallas, Texas — announced the agreement to acquire Metro Fiber to expand its reach from Northern Virginia to Richmond ...

SUAMICO (WLUK) -- Mother's Day was extra special for a lynx at the NEW Zoo in Suamico. Nova the lynx gave birth to two kittens last week, the zoo announced. Zoo staff reported the babies are ...

A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by a hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers.

PROVIDENCE – Penguins are marching back into Roger Williams Park Zoo. The Providence zoo announced Wednesday its forthcoming exhibit featuring a dozen Humboldt penguins will officially open on ...