Born To Swim? By Kate Gammon. Published Mar 6, 2014 10:30 PM EST ... Just blow into a baby’s face and watch him or her gulp air, close eyes, and stop whatever they’re doing.

It’s not just human parents that get frustrated with their children from time to time. In this adorable video, a mother river otter persuades her reluctant baby to take a swim. The video, as ...

— -- This baby hippo is diving right into life at the San Diego Zoo. Just four hours after being born on Monday, the newborn was getting an important swimming lesson from mom in their 150,000 ...

Even baby river otters have to learn how to swim, and they can’t do it without some help from mom.In an adorable video posted to YouTube by the Oregon Zoo, a 2-month-old baby river otter named ...

Baby Obi was born at the Melbourne Zoo in 2015 as part of the zoo’s breeding program for pygmy hippos. Obi’s name means “heart” in Igbo, a Nigerian language. Baby Obi is a pygmy hippo that ...

In the must-see video above, an adorable baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, had its first swim accompanied by its mom after the water level was lowered for the little ...

The four new Magellanic penguin chicks were born in late April and May, according to the Shedd. They recently fledged their fluffy feathers for juvenile waterproof feathers to prepare for the swim.

Becoming a first-time parent inevitably comes with many challenges, from tackling sleepless nights to figuring out how to balance work, relationships and self-care.

And when that baby weighs 345 pounds, the cuteness is amplified. The Fort Worth Zoo’s baby elephant named Travis is now a month old and big enough for his first swim.