Researchers at the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar (SERP) of the University of Barcelona have identified the ...

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have identified the oldest-known piece made of hippopotamus ivory in the Iberian Peninsula. Found at the Bòbila Madurell site near Barcelona, one of Europe’s ...

Three people survived the incident and were rescued, and "a search is ongoing in the hope of finding the missing victims," an ...

"Most people don't get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all, so we feel lucky to have received two over the years," the Metro Richmond Zoo shared Metro Richmond Zoo Two pygmy hippos in Virginia ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey has welcomed another hippopotamus to the city’s zoo, more than 60 years after her song about wanting one for Christmas helped the facility purchase ...

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than 18 months ago, George Monbiot published a column arguing we need new language if we are to truly understand the world and our ...

She was a children's Christmas song come to life. On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a ...

Related video above: Cincinnati Zoo reveals newest nutcracker statue featuring Fiona the hippoFifties' child star Gayla Peevey's plea for a "hippopotamus for Christmas" came true for one Virginia ...

In 1953, a 10-year-old star named Gayla Peevey gave the world something to yearn for when she recorded the classic song, "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia ...