Lions might be the kings of beasts, but only when they’re in their element. The accompanying footage, captured in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, shows a hippo ambushing a male lion and ...

Marius Els raised Humphrey the hippo 'like a son' and even built a huge lake on his farm for the animal to swim in - but the ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day festival dedicated to their most famous resident: a pygmy hippo named Moo ...

Pygmy hippos have become an internet favorite for their shiny bodies and adorable behavior. Here's what to know about this ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Monday that Otis, a 45-year old hippo, was euthanized following a sharp decline in his health over the weekend. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce ...

Because you don’t have enough to fear in the world already, here’s a new threat: hippos. Yup, those massive beasts with toilet bowl mouths apparently have it out for humans. The most recent instance ...

Petal the hippo was doing well until recently, the zoo said, when the wildlife team noticed changes in her behaviour and ...

A 1-year-old child died and 23 people were missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in southern Malawi, authorities said Tuesday. The long wooden canoe ...

A 1-year-old child died and 23 people were missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in southern Malawi, authorities said Tuesday. The long wooden canoe ...