Dawn Strasser recently retired from the Cincinnati Zoo after a 45-year career caring for over 600 baby animals, including ...

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Fiona, a Nile hippopotamus plays in her enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Cincinnati. The zoo said Fiona will soon eat nothing but ...

Fiona the famous hippo born six weeks premature at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden reached another milestone: a 1,000-pound weigh-in. At birth on Jan. 24, 2017, Fiona weighed just 29 pounds and ...

A milestone for any child, Fiona, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's premature hippo, took her first steps overnight, zoo officials announced Sunday. A milestone for any child, Fiona, the ...

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CINCINNATI — Bibi is on birth watch! The Cincinnati Zoo said Friday the hippo's fetus was bigger at her last ultrasound than Fiona was when she was born. Fiona, of course, arrived six weeks premature ...

Fiona the hippo is a celebrity to celebrities. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's famed hippo had a couple of superstar visitors over the weekend, including an iconic rapper. Big Boi shared ...

A growing Fiona has been taken off supplemental oxygen, Cincinnati Zoo officials said. The baby hippo’s lungs are almost fully developed as she has been learning to dive and hold her breath in the ...

It's Fiona's birthday! The beloved Nile hippo turns 3 years old. She was born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden to Bibi and Henry. Fiona was born prematurely and weighed just 29 pounds at birth ...