Five lions were sprawled out and sunning on rocks alongside Kenya’s Voi River. Hippos wallowed nearby. Elephants drank and ...

Hippos are one of the heaviest land animals, and the males of the species can weigh 3,500 to 7,000 pounds. They spend most of their time in water and have a clear membrane over their eyes that ...

At night they forage for food on land. You would think that an animal that spends so much time in the water would be an expert swimmer — but surprisingly, hippos can’t actually swim!

Although hippos mainly sleep in water because it’s where they have the advantage and feel safest, they are known to take a snooze on land from time to time, which is just what the hippos in the ...

the number of hippo attacks around the lake is on the rise. He however blames the upsurge in attacks to encroachment on riparian land by private investors who have blocked nearly all wildlife ...

With a large barrel-shaped body, short legs and huge skull, the hippo is the third largest land animal in the world. Adult bulls can reach 4–5m long and weigh four tonnes (4,000kg). Theyhttp ...