Few animals look as calm and harmless as a hippo lounging in the water, but appearances can be deceiving. Dangerously so, in ...

The warning comes from the lead canoe. Hippos are dangerous — highly territorial and fiercely protective of their young. They are capable of capsizing boats and inflicting serious injuries. The line ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses died as a result of anthrax poisoning at the oldest national park in Africa. A spokesperson confirmed with USA TODAY that at least 40 to 50 hippos were found deceased at ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the ...

Roughly 50 hippopotamuses at Africa’s premier nature reserve died from anthrax poisoning, according to park officials. The naturally occurring form of anthrax took down the behemoths in the Democratic ...

A New Jersey woman was attacked by a hippo during a safari in Africa and died. Now, her husband is suing the American tour company that hosted the trip. Lisa Manders was by a river in Zambia last ...

A team from The Wilderness Project has conducted a survey of hippos along Zambia’s Kafue River, one of the last strongholds of the species in Southern Africa. The expedition faced regular close ...