Admirers flock to zoo to extend birthday wishes, one enthusiastic fan travelling from New York to partake in joyous occasion.

Mostly, Moo Deng ignores the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who have schlepped to an out-of-the-way zoo for one reason: her. She is, somewhat unaccountably, Thailand’s most famous creature in ...

Two-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng is seen with her keeper at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Sept. 18, 2024, in Bang Phra, Thailand. Carola Frentzen/picture alliance/Getty

Moo Deng, the baby hippo who captivated the world this year, now has a billionaire benefactor. Canadian cryptocurrency mogul Vitalik Buterin donated more than $290,000 to her zoo in Thailand so he ...

Pudgy internet sensation Moo Deng the pygmy hippo turned 1, and like a true icon, she remains unbothered, moisturized and happy in her lane. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from the zoo in Thailand,

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippopotamus living at a Thailand zoo, became an internet sensation in 2024, thanks to her playful antics — including adorably biting her keeper’s knee. While Moo Deng took the world by storm only last year, the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has featured equally adorable miniature hippos for almost a decade.