Hippos are some of the earth’s largest land animals. Their name derives from Greek when they were called “river horses,” although “river cows” might have been a better description. These ferocious ...

Hippos are large, loud, and dangerous. Hippo attacks are vicious. So if you’re around one, keep your guard up. And don’t be fooled by its big, cute face. That animal might be hungry. Do hippos eat ...

Paul Templer, 28, found himself inside the hippo's mouth three times during the brutal attack in Zimbabwe's Zambezi River.

Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the adorable memes of baby Moo Deng. It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio — A hippo born premature at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is continuing to capture the hearts of animal lovers four years later. Fiona the hippo was born six weeks before her ...

You do not want to get on a hippopotamus’s bad side — it could be the last thing you do! These huge mammals can become vicious if provoked, and even though they haven’t been trained in martial arts, ...

As extreme drought overtakes Katavi, predators struggle to find food. Lions rarely hunt hippos, but hungry lions can do crazy things. - [Narrator] Hippos outweigh lions ten to one and are rarely ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals at Virunga National Park in the DRC are thought to be killed by the bacterial disease. Reading time 2 minutes Anthrax has caused a mass die-off of hippos ...