are just a few of the many animals that call the San Diego Zoo home. The exhibits are linked by an expansive series of trails, such as the Monkey Trail, the Hippo Trail or the Tiger Trail.

The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member ... is -- what else? -- "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey. Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning.

Related: China Plans to Send New Pandas to the U.S., Signs Agreement with the San Diego Zoo Iris, the mother of the baby pygmy hippo, gave birth in an indoor pool around 4:50 p.m. on Dec. 9.

Related: China Plans to Send New Pandas to the U.S., Signs Agreement with the San Diego Zoo Iris, the mother of the baby pygmy hippo, gave birth in an indoor pool around 4:50 p.m. on Dec. 9. The zoo ...

Now 81, Peevey soon will see her musical ties to the Oklahoma City Zoo preserved ... home of San Diego, California. "I don't think there's another one that is about a hippo, so you pretty much ...

Now 81, Peevey soon will see her musical ties to the Oklahoma City Zoo preserved in bronze ... by phone from her longtime home of San Diego, California. "I don't think there's another one that is ...

Metro Richmond Zoo recently celebrated the birth of a pygmy hippo and held an online naming contest that drew more than ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has a brand-new member -- and you can help decide her name. On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia.