Hippos are among the three largest land mammals, smaller only than the rhinoceros and the elephant. Thanks to their vast size ...

With their African wildlife predators, these defensive traits are often necessary. What do hippos eat? Are they pure herbivores or do their huge strength and size allow them to be more of an omnivore?

Things can get pretty intense when lions and hippos come together, but sometimes the result is much more comedic than you might expect!

Hippos eat grass. They can weigh 4 tons. It is an afternoon on a March day. Cammy is in her kitchen in Hyde Park. She cuts out the zoo staff's photos of Fiona resting on a keeper's lap and a ...

Normally thought of as herbivores, hippos have shown other carnivorous behavior before, too—in a 1998 paper, Joseph Dudley reported two of them killing and eating an impala. (Also see ...

TODAY got a glimpse at the baby pygmy hippo in a segment that aired on Sept. 26, in which Moo Deng is seen sleeping, eating, walking around and playing in her enclosure — all while captivating ...

Despite their enormous size and powerful bodies, hippos are actually herbivores that only eat plants. They mainly graze on land, consuming various types of grasses and dry vegetation. During the ...