The zoo said eager visitors should be prepared for a little game of "hippo hide-and-seek." ...

The John Ball Zoo's newest addition to the family, Hugo the pygmy hippo, is finally viewable in his habitat with his mom, ...

A newborn baby okapi will make its first appearance this weekend at the Houston Zoo's first Dia de los Muertos celebration.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo has a new resident — a baby hippo. Karen and Moe, the parents, welcomed their fourth calf on Tuesday morning. Both mom and baby are doing well and seem ...

A Conference USA matchup features the UTEP Miners (1-5) and the Sam Houston Bearkats (0-6) battling on Wednesday evening. UTEP has dropped four consecutive games. Last week, Liberty defeated the ...

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HOUSTON — Visitors to the Houston Zoo may notice something missing. The Humboldt penguins are no longer on public display. The zoo said the penguins were temporarily moved behind the scenes for safety ...

The Houston Zoo's naming contest for its new baby boat-billed heron closes Wednesday. The four options, which people can vote on at houstonzoo.org, are Keelie, Lorelei, Minnow and Sailor. Born in ...

Hippos from Central Europe were assumed to have gone extinct around 115,000 years ago when the temperate conditions of the region transitioned into an icy one with the end of the last interglacial ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- The startling moment a gorilla slammed into the glass lining of his enclosure at the San Diego Zoo was caught on video. A 10-year-old western lowland gorilla named Denny ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- Four people are dead after multiple shootings in southwest Houston and one in Sugar Land on Wednesday afternoon, police say. The first incident occurred in the 12900 block ...