Male hippos can weigh up to 9,920 pounds while females weigh around 3,000 pounds, according to PBS." The animal's scientific ...

Paul Raffaele Because Africa's scarcest natural resource is water, environmentalists say the hippo, or "river horse" (in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where poachers have devastated hippo ...

Roughly 50 hippopotamuses at Africa’s premier nature reserve died from anthrax poisoning, according to park officials.

The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear. Images shared by the park show the hippopotamuses motionless on their ...

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“But it’s a sign of aggression.” A hippo in the Magdalena River, Colombia’s longest waterway, where the descendants of Escobar’s menagerie are increasingly taking up residence ...

According to the park director, some buffalo have also been killed, while noting that although tests have confirmed that the ...

At least 50 hippos have died from anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, eastern Congo, according to park authorities.