RICHMOND, Va. — Fans of Poppy can now keep up with the baby pygmy hippo's adventures in real time. The Metro Richmond Zoo announced Monday that Poppy Cam, showing an overhead view of the zoo's ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby girl is the third hippo calf born to Metro Richmond Zoo resident pygmy hippos ...

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

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 ...

(Metro Richmond Zoo) RICHMOND, Va. – Two cranes died of bird flu at the Metro Richmond Zoo, marking the first positive test in the zoo’s 30-year history, according to zoo officials. In a ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. — If you were a fan of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo from a Thailand zoo, you're in luck: Poppy, a baby pygmy hippo born just over a month ago on December 9, is now able to be ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A deceased crane at the Metro Richmond Zoo tested positive for H5 bird flu on Thursday, while a second crane presumptively tested positive for bird flu, according to a ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Metro Richmond Zoo announced on Monday that two of their cranes, recently deceased, had tested positive for the H5 bird flu. The zoo said a deceased crane had tested positive ...