Thanks to social media, people around the world have fallen in love with Fiona and Fritz at the Cincinnati Zoo and the adorable memes of baby Moo Deng. It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are ...

It's World Hippo Day, and the Cincinnati Zoo is celebrating by sharing fun facts about the hippo bloat.Famous hippo resident Fiona recently celebrated her 7th birthday.Born six weeks premature on Jan.

Hippos are some of the earth’s largest land animals. Their name derives from Greek when they were called “river horses,” although “river cows” might have been a better description. These ferocious ...

Hippos are among the most iconic animals in Africa and hold the distinction of being the third-largest land mammal living on Earth today after elephants and white rhinos. On top of their huge size, ...

Analysis shows hippos get all four feet off the ground simultaneously for up to 15% of the time when running at full speed For a brief moment lasting 0.3 seconds per stride, some hippos 'fly' by ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day festival dedicated to their most famous resident: a pygmy hippo named Moo ...