A male pygmy hippo – the same species as Thailand's viral Moo Deng – was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas ...

VIRAL baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng celebrated her first birthday today. The Thai national treasure was spoiled with a massive ...

Namibia plans to cull more than 700 wild animals, including dozens of elephants and hippos, and distribute the meat to help locals struggling under what the United Nations has called the worst ...

Do hippos eat meat? Are they herbivores or carnivores? Here's everything you need to know. Hippos eat a variety of things including grass and are mostly herbivorous.

Wild hippos are declining in number and are considered vulnerable to international trade in hippo parts, including the sale of their teeth, skulls, ivory, skin and meat, wildlife conservation ...

Humans may also threaten hippos by hunting them for meat and ivory teeth. And hippos fight back. Approximately 500 people die every year in Africa due to hippopotamus attacks.

Namibia will harvest hundreds of animals including elephants, hippos and zebras in its drought-stricken national parks, easing strain on grazing while using the meat to feed vulnerable communities.

Habitat loss and degradation, drought, poaching and the international trade of hippo parts, including their teeth, skulls, ivory, skin and meat, all threaten this keystone species. The United States ...