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"What's cool about this is that she'll forever be 10 years old ... and Mathilda, however old she was, she's back with us." ...
The Oklahoma City Zoo unveiled a statue commemorating Gayla Peevey, the singer behind “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” ...
The OKC Zoo dedicates its new bronze art installation "Gayla’s Hippo Hero," which celebrates the connection between the zoo ...
Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey speaks about her iconic Christmas song and decades-long bond with the OKC Zoo as a statue ...
The Oklahoma City zoo creates a bronze statue for child star Gayla Peevey known for the iconic 1953 Christmas song "I want a ...
Thousands of fans gathered at Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the viral ...
Tanganyika Wildlife Park recently welcomed a new addition to its family, enhancing the pygmy hippopotamus population.
In 1945, a book about a family of trolls forced to find a new home—in a dark unknown forest with a terrifying serpent—after theirs is washed away, was quietly published in Finland to little fanfare.
The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus at their facility. The baby was born on Dec. 9 and is the third calf for the pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin.
A New Jersey mother of three was crushed to death by a hippopotamus on safari in Africa, according to a lawsuit by her widower blaming the US-based tour operator for failing to warn of the danger.