These chilled-out, laid-back animals mainly eat grass. And they poop. And they poop. But does all that scat serve any useful ...

While some animals are incredibly adorable, they can be an absolute nuisance to look after. Zookeepers have shared which ones ...

This might sound like some kind of punishment or endurance challenge today, but in Ancient Rome this was just a standard ...

First formally described in 1941 and named after the nearby Purus River, a new study in the Journal of Vertebrate ...

The Cambrian explosion may have been fueled by poop. The first animals on Earth emerged about 600 million years ago, and 60 million years later, those simple early animals evolved in wildly different ...

Video captured by a tourist aboard a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo. Oznur Bell, who took the video, was on the boat Sunday with ...

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Authorities in northwestern Colombia said they rescued a newborn hippopotamus found alone by fishermen on the banks of a river and showing signs of malnutrition. Colombia has around 200 so-called ...

German star and TV personality Enie van de Meiklokjes is the honorary sponsor for the animal Zoo Berlin Zoo Berlin named its new baby pygmy hippo Brötchen, meaning "bread roll," due to her small, ...

We've seen people face off against sharks, bears, bears on cocaine, gators, gators on meth, wolves, snakes, snakes on planes, lions, dogs, apes, and even giant spiders — but one of the world's most ...

NAIROBI — A baby hippo only needs a few things to break the internet: a good story, and a good amount of cuteness. Bumpy has both, in abundance. And the world is in desperate need. A rescued baby ...

Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos are the main draw. Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild ...