Scenarios like this one have played out countless times across sub-Saharan Africa, where hippos are considered the most dangerous large animal on the continent, killing roughly 500 people a year.

According to the lawsuit, the couple were five days into a 10-day safari in Zambia last June when guides took them on a "bush walk" along a riverbank, where they spotted a lone hippo resting in ...

Four hippos were originally brought to Colombia in the 1980s and were part of the late drug kingpin's private zoo, Hacienda Nápoles Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE.

The incident comes barely a fortnight after an official of the Kamere Landing Beach was attacked and killed by a hippo while on guard at the busy facility. Grace Nyambura, the chair of Lake ...

Sadly, both hippos and elephants are in danger from human poachers. Poachers kill elephants for their ivory tusks. Hippo teeth are made of the same material but are easier to obtain and are also ...

“We have lost about 10 people killed by crocodiles and hippos and others left with injuries after being attacked. We are calling on KWS to kill the rogue hippo and save lives,” said Lempak ...

Hippos are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, drought, poaching and the international demand for hippo parts, including teeth, skulls, ivory, skin and meat. Adam Peyman, wildlife programs ...

WASHINGTON— Wildlife protection groups today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect hippos under the Endangered Species Act. The legal petition was filed by the Humane Society of the ...