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.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Va., announced the baby pygmy hippopotamus ’ name on the Today show after a heated ...

Francis Mwathi Maina, a fisherman from Kihoto, Naivasha, was killed by a hippopotamus. He was fishing in Lake Naivasha and ...

Poppy was born to parents Iris and Corwan after a 7-month gestation. The baby girl is Iris and Corwin’s third calf in 4.5 ...

Over 100,000 votes poured in to name a baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. The winner is a sweet tie-in with the mother hippo's name.

Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest pygmy hippo has a name. After 116,000 votes worldwide, fans chose Poppy, a tribute to her mom, ...

Hippos Are More Dangerous Than They Look Don’t let their chunky, seemingly docile appearance fool you—hippos are among the [… ...

Last year over the summer, a baby pygmy hippo born in Thailand named Moo Deng gained international interest when photos of the playful hippopotamus went viral. Moo Deng, which means "bouncy pork," a ...

Speaking in a mix of Spanish, Afrikaans and the Namibian dialect Mbukushu between his sardonic guffawing, the late, titular narrator of Pepe is a dead hippopotamus. “I am dead,” he explains. “Where ...

Closing arguments between defense and prosecution began Friday morning on the seventh day of LaFredia Todd's trial in the ...