The worst drought in 100 years drives Namibia and Zimbabwe to conduct culls in national parks to help alleviate an urgent ...

Her skin is always moist and her cheeks pink and peachy. She’s usually seen nibbling at her caretakers’ knees, running around her pen — belly rolls jiggling — or opening her mouth in an apparent ...

Roland Cherry shared that he doesn’t “hate hippos” and was aware he was in their territory while exploring Kafue River in a ...

Moo Deng the baby hippo has taken the internet by storm but this cute semiaquatic mammal has long been adored by artists.

Roland was later airlifted to a Johannesburg hospital where he spent five days before returning to the UK. Statistics reveal ...

A rare pygmy hippo born at a zoo in Thailand this summer has become a worldwide sensation. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer got ...

A BRITISH tourist has told how he miraculously survived being attacked by A HIPPO. Roland Cherry, 63, was on safari with his ...

A BRIT tourist has told how he miraculously survived being mauled by a hippo. Roland Cherry, 63, was on a river trip with wife Shirley in Zambia when the 1.5-ton beast flipped over their canoe. It ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the common hippopotamus as “vulnerable,” meaning it is facing a ...

Adorable Moo Deng, the viral pigmy hippo sensation from Thailand, is earning herself a reputation for "choosing violence," as one fan noted. AP Moo Deng is biting back at fame. The viral pigmy ...

Hippos are the second most dangerous land animals on earth—behind only the disease-carrying mosquito—and are responsible for killing at least 500 people a year.

Her skin is always moist and her cheeks pink and peachy. She’s usually seen nibbling at her caretakers’ knees, running around her pen — belly rolls jiggling — or opening her mouth in an ...