An "incredibly rare" female baby hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The tiny endangered pygmy hippo calf, named Haggis, arrived on 30 October and zookeepers said her personality was "beginning to shine" already. Pygmy hippos, otherwise known as ...

A new social media sensation has been born at Edinburgh Zoo - meet Haggis the pygmy hippo. After Moo Deng sent the internet wild after playfully biting and headbutting keepers in Thailand, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland was delighted to announce the birth of their own endangered calf to parents Otto and Gloria.

Haggis "is doing really well so far and it is amazing to see her personality beginning to shine already," said hoofstock team leader Jonny Appleyard