"What's cool about this is that she'll forever be 10 years old ... and Mathilda, however old she was, she's back with us." ...

A zoo in the U.S. state of Kansas has welcomed the birth of a healthy baby pygmy hippopotamus, raising hope for a species ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that his country’s controversial power dam on the Nile has been completed.

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

Africa’s Nile River combines deadly Nile crocodiles and territorial hippos, and the Amazon teems with giant caimans, elusive jaguars, and mysterious electric eels.

The Zambezi River, flowing through six countries in southern Africa, represents one of the most significant theaters for these interactions. Other notable waterways include the Nile River (the world’s ...

The primary battlegrounds for crocodile and hippo interactions are Africa’s great river systems, particularly those with deep pools, sandbars, and wide floodplains. The Zambezi River, flowing through ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet Monroe! He’s a Nile hippo at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe - hence the name choice. General Curator Lisa Taylor says they’re also known as “river ...

Named for the Egyptian goddess of the Nile River, Anuket is the child of mother Lola and father Nile. She is Nile’s first daughter.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new baby pygmy hippopotamus has been born at the Montgomery Zoo! The baby, a girl, was born Feb. 9 to mother Lola and father Nile.

The best part of Egypt's past, though, is arguably the immense quantity of ancient sites that have survived to this day.

GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- The Gulf Breeze Zoo announced its newest member, a baby Nile hippopotamus, on Tuesday. One of their female hippos named Cleopatra gave birth to a healthy male calf weighing ...