Hippos are some of the earth’s largest land animals. Their name derives from Greek when they were called “river horses,” although “river cows” might have been a better description. These ferocious ...

This young lion survived a real-life nightmare when he found himself surrounded by rushing water and nearly twenty angry ...

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

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 ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

The team recovered protein fragments from teeth found at multiple sites across Turkana, ranging in age from 1.5 to 18 million ...

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has granted a presidential pardon to Lin Yunhua, a Chinese national sentenced to 14 years ...

A crocodile flips over on the river’s surface right in front of the canoe, then disappears into the white water frothing through the narrow channel. It’s too late to stop, but fortunately the croc ...

Dive into unfolding events spanning governance shifts, military deployments, cross-border cooperation, financial reforms, environmental shifts, population movements and civic engagement. Monitor Afric ...

Proteins from an ancient rhino tooth unearthed in the Canadian Arctic have allowed scientists to look much deeper into the ...

Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown presents First Steps Into Nature for children ages 2 to 4 on July 18 ...

AT the risk of raining on ITV’s latest celebrity parade, do you think this newspaper would’ve ­mentioned his death if Sir ...