Although hippos once roamed all across Africa, habitat loss has narrowed most populations down to East Africa today. Being ...

The Mara River makes the perfect home for hippos. They graze the surrounding reed beds and grassland and swim in the bends and pools of deep water. The river supports around 2,000 of these semi ...

Fritz has reached a new milestone! On Monday, the Cincinnati Zoo's 2-week-old baby hippo explored his outdoor habitat with his mom, Bibi, for the first time, the Ohio facility shared in a release.

With only as few as 115,000 adult hippos remaining in the wild in Africa today and increasing and unabating threats from habitat loss and degradation, poaching and trade in hippo parts — teeth, skulls ...

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 ...

Hippos also degrade habitat by polluting and destroying waterways, and their presence in rivers and lakes threatens a number of native critters, including the critically endangered Magdalena turtle.

Swamps and rainforests in western Africa are Pygmy hippos’ natural habitat.

following in the footsteps of viral hippo Moo Deng from Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. Now, the adorable calf can be seen exploring her outdoor habitat at Edinburgh Zoo for the first time.

Haggis the pygmy hippo has been spotted exploring her habitat in an adorable new video. The pygmy hippo calf was born at Edinburgh Zoo on October 30 last year and quickly found online fame after ...

There are only 2,000-2,500 adults left of the hippo breed, according to IUCN. But their numbers continue to decrease due to horrific hunting for bushmeat and habitat destruction. PETA said how ...