But encountering a real-life hippo in the wild? Now that’s a whole different story. Despite their chubby, lovable appearance, wild hippos are some of the most dangerous animals on Earth.

Anthrax has been connected to the death of dozens of hippopotamuses at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a new report.

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Their presence pits the values of traditional conservation where it’s okay to kill animals against those of compassionate ...

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 ...

Poppy, a pygmy hippo born into the Metro Richmond Zoo in ... There are fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild, zoo officials said. They’re native to West Africa and considered ...

Metro Richmond Zoo is hosting a Run Wild Race in May ... new menu items The Poppy Pygmy Experience animal encounter where ticket holders were able to touch and feed Poppy and Iris is over, however, ...

A group of people were lucky to escape unscathed after being charged by a hippo in St Lucia on Tuesday night. Video footage shared widely on social media shows a hippo grazing on a piece of ground in ...

TWO men from Kariba, who were attacked by wild animals in separate incidents on Tuesday, are in hospital fighting for their lives. The first victim was attacked by a hippo in the early hours of ...