Late-night bar patrons in Saint Lucia, South Africa got an unexpected surprise last month when a bloat of hippos casually strolled down the town’s main street.

A bloat of hippopotamuses was seen walking down a main street in Saint Lucia, South Africa, in late January. This footage ...

The word regatta, or rigata, originates from the Gungawa language, meaning "Marine War". The festival dates back more than ...

The native hippopotamuses spent most of their time in bodies of water, cooling off in the mud and periodically coming to land. The sun is bright, however, and hippos have almost no hair on their ...

Pygmy and common hippos are bound for Australia as a 40-year import hiatus on the vulnerable African herbivores is lifted. Australian zoos play a "vital" role in the conservation of the species ...