For $175 the Metro Richmond Zoo will let you wade into its pygmy hippo enclosure for an up close and personal hippo experience. Why it matters: The money gets you the chance at 30 minutes with Pop ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — The Metro Richmond Zoo announced “The Poppy Pygmy Hippo Experience” on Tuesday, which gives visitors a chance for up-close and personal encounters with ...

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 ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Two cranes cared for by the Metro Richmond Zoo are dead after they became sick with bird flu. Bird flu, otherwise known as avian influenza, is a disease that ...

This weekend, you can have a one-on-one visit with the new pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo, check out thought-provoking sculptures at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, or taste delicious vegan ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

Avian influenza is a respiratory virus that spreads quickly among birds, often through nasal and eye secretions and manure.