Africa is home to some of the most dangerous and majestic creatures on the planet. The continent is teeming with fierce predators, giant herbivores, and incredible battles for survival. Lions, the ...

Hippos are large, semi-aquatic mammals with a barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a large head. They have gray or ...

Hippos are known to attack and eat animals like wildebeests, zebras and kudus, as well as other hippos in cases of cannibalism, according to AZ Animals. They also steal meat from other predators.

Imagine being stranded on a large rock, surrounded by rushing water and nearly twenty angry hippos. This sounds like something out of a nightmare, but for one young lion, it was a real and ...

The hippos, which spread from Escobar’s estate into nearby rivers where they flourished, have no natural predators in Colombia and have been declared an invasive species that could upset the ...

Hippos are powerful animals whose canine teeth, used for fighting off predators or other hippos, can reach 20 inches in length.

Hippos can also run up to 19-20 miles per hour, giving them another advantage over predators.

Hippos typically only move fast when they are chasing a rival hippo or a predator is chasing them. Researchers noted that hippos almost always trot.

Hippos -- descendants from a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar -- are seen in the wild in a lake near the Hacienda Napoles theme park, once the private zoo of Escobar, in Doradal ...

As extreme drought overtakes Katavi, predators struggle to find food. Lions rarely hunt hippos, but hungry lions can do crazy things.

Infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar may be long gone, however he’s still wreaking havoc on his native Colombia thanks to his thriving hippos.