Hippopotamus

Quiz: How much do you really know about baby animals?

Animals

Quiz: How much do you really know about baby animals?

Quiz: How much do you really know about baby animals?

How Moo Deng the pygmy hippo is different from common hippos

Animals

How Moo Deng the pygmy hippo is different from common hippos

How Moo Deng the pygmy hippo is different from common hippos

Jonathan Gregson on witnessing Uganda's wallowing hippos

Travel

Jonathan Gregson on witnessing Uganda's wallowing hippos

Jonathan Gregson on witnessing Uganda's wallowing hippos

How these 8 towns got their unusual animal names

History & Culture

How these 8 towns got their unusual animal names

How these 8 towns got their unusual animal names

13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers

Animals

13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers

13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers

Hippo deaths are up in Uganda’s national parks

Animals
Wildlife Watch

Hippo deaths are up in Uganda’s national parks

Hippo deaths are up in Uganda’s national parks

How to go gorilla hiking in Uganda on a budget

Travel

How to go gorilla hiking in Uganda on a budget

How to go gorilla hiking in Uganda on a budget

Animals

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya

Animals

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya

Could Pablo Escobar's escaped hippos help the environment?

Animals

Could Pablo Escobar's escaped hippos help the environment?

Could Pablo Escobar's escaped hippos help the environment?

Hippo and hyena touch noses in rare encounter

Animals

Hippo and hyena touch noses in rare encounter

Hippo and hyena touch noses in rare encounter

Mother hippo may be grieving dead baby in new video

Animals
Weird & Wild

Mother hippo may be grieving dead baby in new video

Mother hippo may be grieving dead baby in new video

Inside the world's largest collection of animal milk

Science

Inside the world's largest collection of animal milk

Inside the world's largest collection of animal milk

How to film hippos, crocs, and lions and not lose a limb or a camera operator

Adventure

How to film hippos, crocs, and lions and not lose a limb or a camera operator

How to film hippos, crocs, and lions and not lose a limb or a camera operator

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