Thirty years after Pablo Escobar's death in 1993, the notorious cartel leader's "cocaine hippos" are still wreaking havoc in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. A new study of the invasive ...

A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary. An alpha hippo is challenged by two outside males. A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary, but this is no ordinary year, as a ...

Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo taking the world by storm, has garnered the attention of the world’s other most famous hippo. Moo Deng lives at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand, and ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH (BROUSSARD) — Zoosiana in Broussard is introducing two new residents to the zoo: Bella and Noche, two young pygmy hippos. At just a couple of years old, the hippos are settling into ...

A two-year-old boy is safe and has made a full recovery after a brave bystander rescued him from the jaws of an angry hippopotamus. The boy was nearly swallowed whole before he was rescued, Uganda ...

Sterilization, hunting and other schemes have failed to winnow the herd that has grown since drug Pablo Escobar imported the hippos to Colombia 43 years ago. Years after his 1993 death, some escaped ...

Two hippos at the San Antonio Zoo are having fun and spreading the love with their handlers. The zoo on Tuesday shared a video of the hippos taking part in an artistic enrichment activity. The ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug ...

Hippos are large, semi-aquatic mammals with a barrel-shaped body, short legs, and a large head. They have gray or brownish-gray skin, with pinkish areas around their eyes, mouth, and ears. Hippos are ...

Federal officials are moving too slowly to protect the hippo from a wildlife trade that sends more hippo body parts to the United States than any other country in the world, a collaborative of animal ...

An alpha hippo is challenged by two outside males. A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary, but this is no ordinary year, as a once-in-a-lifetime drought spurs unusual animal behavior. - ...