Karen is founder of the Turgwe Hippo Trust based in the south east of Zimbabwe. She has spent decades caring for the gentle ...

A missing boy has been found alive after spending nearly a week alone in a northern Zimbabwe game park filled with lions, ...

Why did they never farm the hippo? The elephant ... A kick from a zebra can kill — and these creatures are responsible for more injuries to American zookeepers each year than any other animal.

Locals have a strong conservation ethic—they don't hunt or kill wildlife ... by the presence of a photographer. A lion rests in the shade under the tourists' vehicle. The moment a pack of hyenas ...

An endangered pygmy hippo has been born at a Virginia zoo. The yet-unnamed female was born Dec. 9 at Metro Richmond Zoo in ...

“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 hippo was born Dec. 9 to pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin. WATCH: Pygmy hippo parents welcome baby girl born at Virginia zoo Pygmy hippo parents welcome baby girl born at Virginia zoo Poppy ...

RICHMOND, Va. — A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years.