Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day ...

Lu the hippo died June 8. He had been at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park since 1964, and was 65 years old.

A Ramona Wildlife Center pygmy hippo that was rescued more than two decades ago broke a world record this weekend by becoming the oldest living captive pygmy hippo in recorded history, San Diego ...

Despite their demure appearance, hippos are some of the most sadistic mammals walking the Earth. More human babies die at the hands of hippos than from lions, tigers, bears and killer whales combined.

Poppy, the pygmy hippo of Metro Richmond Zoo, has taken her first steps outside in time for Pygmy Hippo Day.

A baby pygmy hippo on Friday made her debut in her outdoor living space at Metro Richmond Zoo.

Forrest Galante has bad luck with hippos. He was nearly killed twice by the animals while growing up as a kid in Zimbabwe. So it’s fair to say Galante was treading cautiously this winter as he ...

Hippos are characterized by large, barrel-shaped torsos, stocky legs, and large mouths containing equally large canine tusks.

To combat this problem, hippos have developed a remarkable function: red sweat. In certain moments, hippos will secrete a substance across the surface of their bodies. Initially, it’s colorless.

This birth was also the first time that Iris gave birth underwater. Common hippos typically give birth underwater, but their smaller relatives the pygmy hippo are born on land or in water.

Virginia With a newborn pygmy hippo, Virginia gets its own ‘Moo Deng’ Baby hippos have become online celebrities in recent years, thanks to social media hype and their own cuteness.