Patti — a river hippopotamus and a favorite animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo since she arrived in 1972 — has died. Patti was humanely euthanized on Sunday, Nov. 10. According to a statement from the ...

Having watched this clip, it’s hard to miss the caution lions show around hippopotamuses. Even though lions are often described as apex predators in their ecosystems, these individuals don’t linger ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day festival dedicated to their most famous resident: a pygmy hippo named Moo ...

Patti, the oldest hippopotamus in U.S. zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, died Nov. 10, at the Milwaukee County Zoo. She was 55. Born at the Dallas Zoo, Patti arrived in ...

A team from The Wilderness Project has conducted a survey of hippos along Zambia’s Kafue River, one of the last strongholds of the species in Southern Africa. The expedition faced regular close ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An endangered pygmy hippo was born at ZooTampa earlier this week. The unnamed female calf was born Sunday night to 20-year-old mom Zsa Zsa and 22-year-old dad Howie, according to a news ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s a girl! ZooTampa at Lowry Park is celebrating the birth of rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus. The yet unnamed calf was born March 31 and weighed around ten pounds. The birth ...