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 ...

At the Metro Richmond Zoo, a cheetah's best friend and emotional support animal is a Labrador Retriever. Why it matters: We ...

Watching Iris open her giant mouth was a little intimidating, but she was very gentle. Who knew she would like celery so much' — Shelly Bitter ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus at the Metro Richmond Zoo has welcomed a new addition to her family. On December 9, Iris, the mother hippo, gave birth to a healthy female calf after a seven-month ...

The Orlando Fire Department is working an active brush fire on President Obama Parkway and Metrowest Blvd. near the Richmond ...

According to zoo officials, Msituni, a 3-year-old giraffe new to the zoo, was outside of her habitat just before 9 a.m., ...

But metro Richmond, in the aftermath, faces potential problems that extend well beyond water distribution and consumption. In a nation beset by sudden chaos, as President Donald Trump and ...

The 3-year-old, 12-foot-tall Msituni jumped out of her enclosure 10 minutes prior to the zoo opening for the day on March 5, 2025.

IRS migration data shows that newcomers to the Richmond metro typically move to the city or one of its immediate suburbs. People in those areas then move outward into nearby rural counties ...

PROVIDENCE – After more than three decades, three African elephants will leave the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence in late 2027, according to zoo officials. “Alice, Ginny and Kate are ...