While this might sound like a curious fact, the truth is that hippos, like all mammals, produce white or off-white milk for their young. The confusion likely arises from a unique secretion that ...

Would the rhino’s horn be more powerful than the hippo’s long sharp teeth? Neither of them looks like they would be fast but ...

Pigs may not fly, but hippopotamuses do — at least momentarily. When hippos get moving, all four feet leave the ground for about 15% of their stride cycles, researchers at Britain's Royal ...

Scientists studied groups of hippos living in a nature reserve in Mozambique Wild hippos are noisy creatures, their calls travelling long distances across lakes and rivers. But until now the ...

Introduction: Listen all around: traditional African drums, sounds of insects. Individual sounds: tree frogs, lion, hippopotamus. Song: ONE big hippo balancing, Step by step on a slippery log.

Compared with Africa's other big animals, hippos have been relatively neglected in scientific research. Partly, this is because they're hard to study and dangerous to encounter. Hippos tend to ...

Iris keeps to a schedule. The new hippo is the second she has given birth to in December, according to the zoo. All three of her offspring have been female as well. “Most people don’t get a ...

She's their third female calf in under five years. The zoo said Iris was all smiles on Christmas morning. "Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have ...