The Nigerian Conservation Foundation has raised the alarm over the continued killing of hippopotamuses in Nigeria lamenting that only about 100 remain in the country.NCF raised the alarm following the ...

By Jethro Ibileke The Edo State Government has condemned the killing of a hippopotamus in the Okumuzo River, a tributary of the Alika River, located in Anegbette Community of Etsako Central Local ...

In 1953, Gayla Peevey used the popularity of her hit "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" to help the OKC Zoo get its first hippo. Mathilda.

A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.

The hippopotamus, commonly called "hippo," is the third-largest living land animal. Male hippos can weigh up to 9,920 pounds while females weigh around 3,000 pounds, according to PBS." ...

A hippopotamus purportedly threatening four communities in Lapai local government area of Niger State was killed by hunters from the area.

In 1953, the then 10-year-old Peevey sang the novelty hit “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.” It led to a statewide fund drive in which children donated dimes to purchase and bring a ...

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The Moomins, Finland’s most lovable literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo Dec. 9, the zoo announced Christmas Eve. The public is now invited to vote on her name.

Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia delivered a version of Peevey's wish — and not just with any ol' hippopotamus, but with a wide-eyed, shoebox-size, baby pygmy hippopotamus.

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The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed the birth of a pygmy hippopotamus in time for Christmas, according to a December 22 news release from the zoo. The adorable newborn was born on Dec. 6, says the ...