Besides elephants and rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses are the largest living land animal. Though they resemble giant pigs, their ...

Animals need to find a way to stop UV reaching their skin cells, and a physical obstacle like fur or feathers is brilliant. But if you’re as hairless as a hippo how do you protect yourself from ...

Since their skin is very sensitive, they spend most of the day wallowing in mud or water ... essentially “bouncing” along the muddy bottom. On land, a hippo can run up to 19 miles per hour, and their ...

Wildlife groups argue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to put common hippos on the endangered list to protect against U.S.

A handwritten obituary for a hippo by a zookeeper in East China's Nanjing has gone viral as it detailed the hippo's life, moving both zoo visitors and netizens alike.

Systemic sclerosis causes the skin to tighten and harden resulting ... The research examined the Hippo signaling pathway, an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway that plays a complex role ...

A federal court approved an agreement today that requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine by July 27, 2028, ...