(WRIC) — Now that Poppy and Iris have been released into the outdoor Hippo Haven habitat, the Metro Richmond Zoo is offering a new experience for visitors to see them up close, starting Monday.

Did you know that despite spending most of their lives in water, hippos can’t actually swim? It may sound odd, but these semi ...

Your skin—the body’s largest organ—isn’t just a passive barrier between you and the outside world. It’s more like a billboard displaying your internal state for anyone paying close ...

Momoa, whose latest film A Minecraft Movie is on track to hit the coveted billion-dollar mark at the box office, could be seen getting up close and personal with a koala in a video posted on his ...

Baby hippos are born underwater When a baby hippo is born, it does so underwater. The mother will push the calf up to the surface to take its first breath. The newborn calf can hold its breath for up ...

Cannes Frontières buzz title “Skin Side Up,” the directorial feature debut of “Drag Race Down Under” Season 4 winner Robert Ten Eyck, heads to the Creosote exploring a little visited sub ...

Injuries to a mouse’s skin can ignite allergic reactions in its gut, even though the gut is normally tolerant of the molecules it encounters in food or its resident ,microorganisms, researchers ...

Meet Monroe! He’s a Nile hippo at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe - hence the name choice. General Curator ...

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos reportedly said former President Joe Biden was “heartbreaking up close” following an interview that was meant to reassure Americans after the Democrat’s ...

It can also sense increased organic-compound flux when an individual has a build-up of bacteria on their skin, for example when they have not showered or otherwise cleaned themselves. In ...

Anuket, the adorable pygmy hippo, has officially made her debut at the Montgomery Zoo ... Pygmy hippos, native to the forests and swamps of western Africa, are semi-aquatic and require water to keep ...