Congo’s hippopotamus population, the world’s largest, is being devastated by hunters and a local taste for the meat, conservation officials say.

Could hippos be meat eaters? Date: December 7, 2015 Source: Wiley Summary: People often think hippos are herbivores with big smiling faces. Every now and then, reports of a hippo of hunting down ...

Villagers say hippo meat usually comes to markets unannounced. Its sale is illegal and it sells fast. "Sometimes we hear of hippopotamus meat in the village market," said Agustin Ndimu, a wildlife ...

The journalist Jon Mooallem has an exceptional talent for writing about strange animal stories, and his new story (on This American Life and in a e-book for the Atavist) is really surprising ...

A deadly anthrax outbreak in Zambia was caused by contact with meat from hippopotamuses that had died of the bacterial illness, according to researchers in a study that highlighted the issue of ...

A male pygmy hippo – the same species as Thailand's viral Moo Deng – was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas ...

Hippos eat meat more than had been thought, a practice that could explain their susceptibility to anthrax die-offs when they consume infected animals. By Jason G. Goldman IMAGE 100 (MARS) ...

FACT: Hippos were nearly farmed in the US for meat. By Sarah Gailey. If you like Beyond Meat patties, wait’ll you try this beef alternative. In 1910, America had two big problems to solve: ...

Jon Mooallem’s fascinating long read American Hippopotamus, which is available through the Atavist and as a Kindle Single, details the circumstances that led up to this remarkable proposal.In ...