Hippopotamuses are some of nature’s heavyweights. Their massive size and aggressive temperament have earned them a spot as ...

You do not want to get on a hippopotamus’s bad side — it could be the last thing you do! These huge mammals can become ...

Hippo attacks and kills zookeeper who entered enclosure to clean it By . Snejana Farberov. Published Dec. 18, 2023, 12:23 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

Hippopotamuses are some of the largest creatures on earth and the deadliest animals in Africa. These territorial behemoths ...

By some estimates, about 40 people—mostly fishermen—were attacked by hippos on Lake Naivasha in 2020, and as many as 14 of them died. Every year across Africa, hippos kill an estimated 500 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A pygmy hippo named Jahari that killed an antelope in its enclosure at a Grand Rapids zoo on Tuesday has no history of aggressive behavior, the hippo’s former zoo said ...

Hippos are incredibly strong, weighing thousands of pounds, and they use this strength to kill intruders, AZ Animals says. Hippos also attack other African wildlife, such as lions, hyenas and ...

Stock: A hippo with its mouth wide open. These animals can open their giant mouths 150 degrees. iStock. Fights between rival hippos sometimes occur and can be deadly in the case of a particularly ...

The lawsuit claims that as a horrified Craig Manders watched the hippo attack his wife, the tour guides walked away without helping the couple. The company denies the lawsuit's allegations.

Each year, hippos kill an estimated 500 people across Africa, making them one of the world’s deadliest mammals. (Learn more about human-hippo conflict.) ...

On the Reddit community "Today I Learned," the story of Marius Els and Humphrey the hippopotamus was posted 11 years ago, along with the headline, "A man in South Africa adopted a baby hippo ...

Chopper the swamp-dwelling sitatunga antelope was attacked and killed at the zoo by Jahari, a pygmy hippopotamus, back in May during the two animals’ first barrier-free introduction to each other.