The Toronto Zoo said it made the difficult decision to euthanize a 39-year-old river hippo named Petal after she encountered ...

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

A farmer in South Africa kept a pet hippo for six years before the animal turned on him and mauled him to death ...

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 ...

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

A fishing trip turned tragic for a Dhlodhlo Village man after he was fatally attacked by a hippopotamus in the Save River on ...

Children in a Derbyshire town can look forward to a new themed play park after a public consultation has drawn to a close.

For many decades, textbooks taught that hippos vanished from the center of Europe upon the onset of the Ice Age. However, a ...

We thought hippos went extinct in Central Europe around 115,000 years ago, but new fossil finds tell a different story.

Driven by extreme physical comedy, the laugh-out-loud moments in this production made for a lively viewing experience, which eventually descended into audience members cheering every time the Hippo, ...

I did three days on the Okavango River in Africa, chasing tigerfish with a fly rod. It was the most terrifying, memorable, ...