Compared with Africa's other big animals, hippos have been relatively neglected in scientific research. Partly, this is because they're hard to study and dangerous to encounter. Hippos tend to live in ...

This video shows the Okavango Delta in Botswana, a vast wetland ecosystem filled with shallow waterways, muddy riverbanks, floating vegetation, and wild animals living across the African landscape.

The hippopotamus is one of the most recognizable animals on the planet. With their tiny ears, enormous heads, and stocky bodies, they look unlike any other mammal on Earth. Native to sub-Saharan ...

A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected areas. Hippos are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hippopotamuses were found floating in a river south of Lake Edward, which separates the DRC from Uganda, park director ...

From four to nearly 200, Colombia's "cocaine hippos" have been damaging the ecosystem of the Magdalena River for over four decades.

Anant Ambani, the son of tycoon Mukesh Ambani, said he formally requested the Colombian government to stay a decision to kill ...