A summer garden filled with colorful poppy flowers starts in autumn. Either let your poppies dry out and naturally scatter seeds at the end of the growing season or sprinkle a packet of seeds over ...

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated worldwide online poll . Co-host Savannah Guthrie first suggested the zoo name the ...

The zoo held a runoff contest between the top two names: “Poppy,” like the flower and similar to her mother’s name “Iris”; and “Hammie Mae,” a “sweet & southern tie to Virginia ham.” ...

Five days after her birth, Poppy weighed about 15 pounds, according to a news release. Her name, a flower, is inspired by her mother's. Poppy's birth was unique: It was Iris' first time giving ...

Poppy — a flower like her mom Iris’ name — was the subject of a fan vote that initially saw the public getting to choose among Poppy, Juniper, Hammie Mae and Omi. However, none of those ...

The four contenders were Poppy (for the flower), Juniper (for the evergreen), Hammie Mae (for Virginia ham) and Omi (“water” in the West African language Yoruba). Poppy and Hammie Mae were the ...

“Poppy is the perfect name for this playful, perky, and ever-increasing popular hippo,” the zoo said in its statement. “Her name is a flower just like her mother Iris.” The runner-up name ...