Following the birth, Iris and the baby were moved into a hay-bedded enclosure outside of the zoo's exhibit for bonding. They will re-enter the exhibit soon. The hype around the new pygmy follows a ...

A pygmy hippo ... a pool Dec. 9 as zoo guests and zookeepers watched. The baby girl, still unnamed, began swimming right away, the zoo said. The mom and baby were then whisked away from the public ...