Researchers have sequenced proteins from an ancient rhino relative from the cold, dry Haughton crater site (shown) in the ...

The pygmy hippo soared to stardom, largely thanks to her keeper who shared adorable pictures and videos of her on social ...

Thousands of excited fans flocked to a Thai zoo on Thursday to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the adorable baby pygmy hippo that has become a social media sensation.

A dramatic territorial battle between two hippos in an African lake was captured in a video at Kruger National Park. Tourists at safari camps were treated to ...

Tourists can get up close and personal with wildlife when they stay in safari camps at Kruger National Park. You never know ...

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 ...

New research reveals how special stem cells in teeth can be prompted to regrow natural tooth material. By understanding how ...

However, much of what we know about the use of ivory in prehistoric times is based only on examining ivory sourced from terrestrial animals like elephants, hippos, deer and bears ... to the seafloor ...

I’m writing to you from a home rental in France where we had to rent our sheets and towels. No joke, 15 euros a day. When we leave, we have to bring them back — folded. And then it hit me: Were we ...

OSAKA -- A zookeeper demonstrated the daring task of brushing a hippo's teeth during a special event at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in this western Japan city's Tennoji Ward on June 1, to the delight of ...

Thanks to the food stuck to the hippo's teeth, these industrious fish are able to feed on exotic vegetation from land which would otherwise be completely out of their reach.

Hippo teeth are made of the same material but are easier to obtain and are also legal. Sadly, hippos’ teeth are replacing elephant tusks in the ivory trade and are both legally and illegally traded.