Being semi-aquatic, hippos are built for life in the water. Their ears, eyes, and nostrils are located on top of their heads, allowing them to see, hear, and breathe while remaining mostly underwater.

Poppy — a viral baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo — got her own livestream on Jan. 13, the Virginia zoo announced.

“While common hippos usually give birth underwater, pygmy hippo calves can be born on land or in water.” Pygmy hippos, known formally as Choeropsis liberiensis, are much smaller than a ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Moseley, Virginia, has announced the name of a female baby pygmy hippo born there on Dec. 9. Drum roll, please ...

Hippos are killed not only for meat but for ivory from their teeth. Mike is a wildlife photographer specialising in underwater photography. In 2004 he finished his education at Moscow State University ...

The Mara River makes the perfect home for hippos. They graze the surrounding reed beds and grassland and swim in the bends and pools of deep water. The river supports around 2,000 of these semi ...

Leave it to a gigantic hippo to scare off three lions as they swim for their lives to escape the territorial beast.

hippos are built for life in the water. Their ears, eyes, and nostrils are located on top of their heads, allowing them to see, hear, and breathe while remaining mostly underwater. Since their ...