WASHINGTON— Wildlife protection groups today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect hippos under the Endangered Species Act. The legal petition was filed by the Humane Society of the ...

Today’s lawsuit challenges the agency’s failure to make this critical determination. Hippos are in a precarious position in the wild, with population levels declining as much as 20% between 1996 and ...

Prior to their deaths in 2023 and 2024, hippos had been a highly popular animal at Longleat Safari Park, with Sonia and Spot roaming the country estates lakes for over 50 years. Now, with a £2m ...

He explained that he usually harvests almost 80 bags of paddy yearly, which earns him roughly ₦4 million, but after spending on fertilizers and security against hippos, he ends up with around ...

Nineteen hippos have died in Zimbabwe in the past three months most likely due to a lack of adequate food because of severe drought, the wildlife authority said on Thursday. Samples from the dead ...