Marius Els was devoted to his pet hippo Humphrey - who he had raised from a baby - but in a horrifying attack the 1.2 tonne ...

Compared with Africa's other big animals, hippos have been relatively neglected in scientific research. Partly, this is ...

So why did the Africans never domesticate the rhino? Why did they never farm the hippo? The elephant? Or the giant wildebeest? Perhaps most strangely of all, given the importance of the horse to ...

A hippo in a Colombian zoo ... rising water levels had reduced pasture areas for hippos, forcing them on to farms and hotel grounds, and increasing contact between the mammals and humans.

The hippo in Yauri was tracked down by young men ... Another resident, Isa Jamilu, said he was relieved that could now go to his farm, which he had abandoned weeks ago. Photos of the dead animal ...

According to Taipei Zoo, it collaborates with domestic zoos such as Shoushan Zoo (壽山動物園), Taitung Chinshang Pastoral Farm, Wanpi World Zoo, and Gulf Breeze Zoo, which also have pygmy hippo populations ...