JOHANNESBURG — A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge’s swimming pool. Now it’s stuck there. The young hippopotamus ...

The Rondevlei Nature Reserve in Cape Town is mourning the loss of Brutus, the original male hippopotamus reintroduced to the reserve in 1981.

If you live in South Africa, hippos are just part of life. Watch these large semi-aquatic mammals cause a rather unusual traffic jam. The post Hippos Make Large, Adorable Roadblocks in South African ...

MODIMOLLE, South Africa - A hippo who wandered into a swimming pool at a South African game lodge three days ago died Friday before a rescue team could pull him out with a crane, a cruel blow to many ...

A New Jersey man whose wife was mauled to death by a hippo on an African safari has sued the tour company that organized the trip. Craig Manders, 72, of Cranford, claims Connecticut-based African ...

Hippos keep the nutrient silicon on the move through the East African environment. Each day, the giant grazers transport nearly half a metric ton of silicon, an important nutrient for both plants and ...

An elderly white man in South Africa was taken into custody after shooting a Black woman he claims he mistook for a hippo. The shooter told police that he aimed at what he thought were “hippos and ...

A baby hippopotamus born at the San Diego Zoo last month has a name. The zoo said the river hippo calf will be called Amahle (pronounced ah-MA-shay), which means “beautiful one” in Zulu. The name was ...