African Portfolio, the company organising the trip, faces a lawsuit, highlighting the need for comprehensive safety measures.

Native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, particularly Liberia, pygmy hippos are an endangered species, with only ...

One of Africa’s most recognizable species, the common hippopotamus faces a high risk of extinction and is disappearing from the wild. With only as few as 115,000 adult hippos remaining in the wild in ...

In effect Colombia boasts the biggest hippo population outside of Africa. Different estimates point to something between 90 and 180 animals, but there are still doubts about the real number.

“Hippos are disappearing from Africa’s freshwater ecosystems, and lagging action from U.S. wildlife officials isn’t helping. These chunky icons belong in the water, not carved up for fashion, ...

A New Jersey man whose wife was mauled to death by a hippo on an African safari has sued the tour company that organized the trip. Craig Manders, 72, of Cranford, claims Connecticut-based African ...

A bloat of hippopotamuses was seen walking down a main street in Saint Lucia, South Africa, in late January. This footage captured by Lloyd von Plaster shows the three hippos walking down Mckenzie ...