The wildlife keepers who rescued Bumpy are quite literally his heroes, and he's repaying them handsomely with all the love he ...

The young hippo, now named Bumpy, is adjusting well to his new home at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust after being rescued by Kenya ...

The baby hippo, which has been named Bumpy, was found clinging to its lifeless mother at a lake.

A baby hippo in Kenya is getting a second chance after rescuers pulled him from a heartbreaking scene. The Kenya Wildlife ...

On January 22, 2026, the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park in Arizona welcomed a baby pygmy hippopotamus. The proud ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The cutest guessing game in Grand Rapids is about to come to an end! John Ball Zoo's newest tiny resident—an adorable 11-pound pygmy hippo calf—will finally reveal whether ...

Meet Bumpy, an orphaned baby hippo with a heartbreaking backstory.

Bumpy’ the baby hippo is a social media star after his shocking rescue story pulled at the internet’s heart strings.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo announced a much-anticipated naming contest for its new pygmy hippo calf on Friday afternoon. Zoo staff have chosen three different name options—Hugo, Blitz and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The pygmy hippopotamus was born on Dec. 9 and given an official birth ...

Mother hippo Iris and baby Poppy take a dip in a shallow pool. If you happened to be a pygmy hippo born in 2024, then you’re an internet superstar. The world first went bonkers for Moo Deng, a tiny ...