Most people remember hippos from school as huge animals that spend much of their time in rivers. That simple image leaves out many surprising details about how they actually live. Researchers who ...

When people think of hippos, many likely imagine their large, rounded bodies and adorable appearance. They are very popular ...

Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with famous hippos like Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo, along with viral baby hippos such as Moo Deng. It is easy to ...

Hippos are native to Africa and live mainly in sub-Saharan regions. They are semi-aquatic mammals and spend much of their time in slow-moving bodies of water like swamps, lakes, estuaries, mangroves, ...

A lot of hippos ultimately means a very dirty river, but that fact can have some surprisingly major consequences on the ...

Analysis shows hippos get all four feet off the ground simultaneously for up to 15% of the time when running at full speed For a brief moment lasting 0.3 seconds per stride, some hippos 'fly' by ...

BBC footage shows male hippos fighting for dominance, sometimes for hours, in a brutal struggle for mating rights ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hippos will kill other animals, like crocodiles, that enter their territory, especially when protecting babies. Hippos and whales ...