The hippopotamus, also known as a hippo, is a massive amphibious mammal that spends most of its time near "lakes, pools, mudholes, or in the preferred moving waters of rivers," according to the San ...

Houston Museum of Natural Science's Foucault pendulum has stopped after decades of swinging. Here's what happened. Lady Gaga ...

Hugo—a baby pygmy hippo born at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Sept. 3, this year—continues to adore crowds.

Baby hippo attempts to eat like the adults Fritz, the youngest hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, was seen trying to crush a whole papaya in his mouth just as his mom and dad do. Although the ...

The full hippo bloat at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden was out Tuesday to celebrate Fiona's sixth trip around the sun. The world-famous birthday girl enjoyed a cake made out of frozen fruits ...

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati zoo is celebrating the birth of a full-term hippopotamus that is a sibling to Fiona, who became a global celebrity when she was born prematurely in 2017. The baby hippo was ...

Three isn’t a crowd when it comes to hippos. Wicket, a 42-year-old Nile hippopotamus, is the newest resident at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. She arrived Monday to the exhibit shared by two hippos.