It was a misty morning, soon to be scorching, like every day in Niger, when we arrived at the riverbank. I was 17, living in the capital, Niamey, while my mother worked as a diplomat at the US embassy ...

Footage from John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows Hugo, a baby pygmy hippo born Sept. 3, 2025, sleepily yawning.

A baby pygmy hippopotamus born in metro Phoenix a few weeks ago could compete for cuteness with the Thai zoo pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng, who went viral in 2024. The baby pygmy hippo was born at the ...

PHOENIX — Litchfield Park’s Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park (WWZ) announced Monday the arrival of a baby female pygmy hippo, an endangered species that is primarily from West Africa. The ...

Queen Hippo can be tough to hit due to her high amount of Brace, which decreases damage taken. However, if you mouse over her tooltip, you’ll find a curious hint at the bottom: “Has heart problems…” ...

This hippo may be hungry to get its first taste of space, but the Neutron rocket it will top may take longer to reach the pad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Although they spend most of their lives underwater, hippos do not swim in the traditional sense; instead, they move through water by pushing off the bottom and walking or bounding along riverbeds.

MILTON — The three owners of the Purple Hippo smoke and clothing store recently celebrated their 10th anniversary in Milton. Besides their Milton location, at 47 Broadway St., Carrie and Dan Bitner, ...

Nursing underwater is an adaptation that allows pygmy hippo calves to feed while staying submerged and protected by mom. Joshua delivers reality check to Paul with sixth-round KO Judge deals blow to ...

There’s no stopping Les Lalannes. Today, a coveted 1976 Hippopotamus Bar by François-Xavier Lalanne greatly exceeded presale expectations to sell for the whopping sum of $31.4 million after a ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo completed the transformation of its homes for big African animals by opening a new rhino and hippo facility with a ribbon-cutting event Dec. 9. The new Ladish Co. Foundation ...