Most people remember hippos from school as huge animals that spend much of their time in rivers. That simple image leaves out many surprising details about how they actually live. Researchers who ...

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 were once present across all of sub-Saharan Africa, but today their largest populations are found in East and Southern Africa, especially in countries like Zambia and Tanzania, with their ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Back in 1878, photographer Eadweard Muybridge helped solve a debate about how horses gallop. Using ...

About 14 of our 46 hippo videos showed at least brief periods of "non-support," as Muybridge termed it—becoming airborne with all four feet off the ground. The fastest sequences showed hippos getting ...

Zoo Berlin's newest resident earned her name before she even opened her eyes, and the reason is as charming as she is. Meet the tiny pygmy hippo whose round little body sparked a viral sensation and ...

Hippo poaching has recently intensified within some of Uganda’s 10 national parks, according to new evidence. Ranger reports and a new aerial survey show hippo numbers have dropped, and the bodies are ...