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

Video by @zookeeperguyWell now that Mette had her calf, a common question has been if we knew and/or how we know if they’re expecting a calf. Well if we’re lucky we see the mating, this mating from ...

Columnist Gerald Winegrad shares some of his most extraordinary, and sometimes perilous, wildlife encounters during his ...

Whether you are hiking through national parks, camping near wildlife territory, or simply exploring nature, knowing which animals to avoid staring at could literally save your life. From the predators ...

Hippos mate and give birth underwater, even though they are land mammals for the most part. A hippo calf will typically stay with its mother for seven to eight years, until it reaches its own sexual ...

It’s voting time in Albuquerque — not just for mayor, City Council or school board candidates — but also for the name of the city’s newest resident, a baby hippo at the Albuquerque BioPark. Born on ...

New research shows that hippos lived in central Europe tens of thousands of years longer than previously thought. Ancient DNA and radiocarbon dating confirm they survived in Germany’s Upper Rhine ...

The hippopotamus habitat at the ABQ BioPark Zoo is now open to visitors wishing to catch a glimpse of the new baby hippo born there Tuesday morning. The habitat was temporarily closed to provide ...

Three others survived the incident, which took place on Sept. 5 Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest.She joins having written for ...

Hippo mama Bibi gave birth six weeks early Jan. 24, 2017, to the first Nile hippo born at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 75 years. No one could've imagined what a stir this underdeveloped, ...