RELATED: Purr-fect! Houston Zoo welcomes baby jaguar On Nov. 1, the zoo welcomed another family member. Akobi is a four-and-a-half-year-old, 477-pound male pygmy hippopotamus who was moved to ...
The Houston Zoo is home to more than 6,000 animals and it is the second most visited zoo in the U.S. Exhibits range from the African Forest, which features rhinos, zebras and giraffes, to the new ...
"Kirby was standing within six minutes, walking 25 minutes later, and began nursing within an hour and a half of being born," the zoo said in a statement. "Shanti and Kirby underwent post-natal ...
A Texas zoo has been anxiously awaiting the arrival ... 15 and immediately started exploring her surroundings, the Houston Zoo announced in a Nov. 18 news release. “Kirby was standing within ...
(CNN) - The Milwaukee County Zoo is sad to announce the passing of a longtime resident. Patti, the oldest living hippopotamus at an accredited zoo in the United States, has died. Patti had marked ...