"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." ...

A "stunning" Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader had everyone's attention at the beach on Wednesday. Kylie Dickson, a veteran Dallas ...

The OKC Zoo dedicates its new bronze art installation "Gayla’s Hippo Hero," which celebrates the connection between the zoo ...

The OKC Zoo celebrated Christmas in July with Peevey — an Oklahoma City native who was just 10 years old when she recorded the cheery 1953 yuletide ditty "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas ...

Moo Deng, the famous pygmy hippo, turned one at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. The celebration featured a 20-kilogram cake.

The Khao Kheow Open Zoo was overrun with Moo Deng fans on the first of four days of activities marking the hippo’s birthday.

A male pygmy hippo – the same species as Thailand's viral Moo Deng – was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas ...

Tanganyika Wildlife Park recently welcomed a new addition to its family, enhancing the pygmy hippopotamus population.

The Oklahoma City Zoo unveiled a statue commemorating Gayla Peevey, the singer behind “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” ...

A zoo in the U.S. state of Kansas has welcomed the birth of a healthy baby pygmy hippopotamus, raising hope for a species ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo got one today! A bronze statue of a hippo that is. It’s to celebrate the iconic Christmas song sung by Oklahoman, Gayla Peevey. The statue of Matilda the hippo and Gayla Peevey ...

The Oklahoma City zoo creates a bronze statue for child star Gayla Peevey known for the iconic 1953 Christmas song "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" ...