At least 40 hippopotamuses have been found dead in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to anthrax poisoning. According to a park spokesperson, the dead hippos were ...

Reports of baby pygmy hippos in Thailand and in Richmond, Virginia, have garnered much attention for their respective zoos, attracting many visitors. These cuties look like they are lovable little ...

Have you ever wondered how 200 hippos ended up taking over Colombia? In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar imported a handful of exotic animals to his private zoo at Hacienda Nápoles. Among them were four ...

There is no published account where hippopotamuses are demonstrably shown swimming or floating at the surface of any body of water. But if they can't swim, how did they reach and colonize islands?

Large aggregations of hippos form during the dry season as water availability declines. (Russell J. Schmitt) Humans and hippopotamuses have shared the watersheds and savannahs of Africa for hundreds ...

Given their huge size, there is no question as to why hippopotamuses are one of the most feared mammals. Apart from their bulky appearance, they also have an odd-looking mouth that features huge, ...

What do Africa’s most dangerous animal, a South American drug lord and a critically endangered species of turtle have in common? The simple answer is the Magdalena River in Colombia. Connecting the ...

According to Animal Legal Defense Fund, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has recognized hippos as legal persons for the first time in the United States, because a Community of ...

Hippopotamuses can become airborne for substantial periods of time, according to new research into the mammals. Research by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) found that the animals can be up in the ...