Disney's Animal Kingdom's mama hippo, Tuma, gave birth to a Nile hippopotamus on Saturday There’s a new addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! The park announced the happy news that mama hippo, Tuma, ...

Moo Deng has helped pygmy hippos capture global attention, but these animals are far more mysterious than their cute appearance suggests. This video explores how pygmy hippos live, what makes them ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's a new pygmy hippo in town! The Houston Zoo announced Tuesday that it has welcomed a 450-pound male pygmy hippopotamus named Silas. The 2-and-a-half-year-old hippo ...

Hippos are hardly the most photogenic animal. It might be the massive teeth, the soggy, grey skin or maybe just the overall look that leaves us feeling like they might secretly want to eat us. But ...

A hippopotamus left no room for his message to get lost in translation when he ferociously defended his territory from an African elephant. "There is an island on the middle of the Chobe River to ...

A worker at a zoo in India was attacked and killed by a hippopotamus after entering the animal’s enclosure to clean it Monday. The deadly animal attack took place at Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden, ...

Gertrude the hippo, the oldest animal at the Woodland Park Zoo, was euthanized Wednesday because of age-related osteoarthritis. Despite medication, the 47-year-old female hippo experienced intense ...

It's the first hippo born at the park in 13 years. — -- There's a new Nile hippopotamus on the block. Disney’s Animal Kingdom announced the arrival of a new baby hippo, born to mom Tuma on Jan.

The excrements of hippos play an important role in the ecosystem of African lakes and rivers. Because there are fewer and fewer hippos, this ecosystem is in danger. In the long term, this could lead ...