With jaws that stretch four feet wide and tusks up to 20 inches long, hippos are built for brutal combat in the wild.

The Great Hippo Hunt of ‘95 ensued, and local Realtor Eunice Brock offered a $200 reward for Ursula’s return. Rumors had it the hippo was seen on a truck, heading south to Chatham County or ...

When a baby hippo and its mother were forced out of the water by their bloat during a drought in Kruger National Park, the last thing they needed was for a lion to show up. Footage from the 2016 ...

Meanwhile, SCI maintains hunting records for endangered animals including the pygmy hippo. SCI's record books rank these kills and provides a high score dashboard for trophy hunters. SCI's online ...

Hippos are the third-largest land mammal and their teeth can reach up to 50.8cm (20in) in length. Despite their size, they can also reach speeds of up to 20mph (32km/h).

People in Yauri had been afraid to go out as the hippo was also wandering into paddy ... was killed by rice farmers and fishermen in a hunt lasting several weeks. People in Yauri, in Kebbi state ...

Colombia's hippopotamus population — all descendants of four hippos illegally imported by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s — can be legally hunted under a new court order. Officials in Bogota gave ...

Residents of a town in north-western Nigeria are celebrating after a rare but feared hippo - along with its calf - was killed by rice farmers and fishermen in a hunt lasting several weeks.