New research shows that hippos lived in central Europe tens of thousands of years longer than previously thought. Ancient DNA ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

A hippo’s bite can crush a watermelon and a person, but its feces are even deadlier in the long run. Scientists have found ...

In the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered a cave in the Rio Zape Valley of Mexico. There were ancient human remains in the cave dated to between 660 and 1430 A.D., many of which belonged to ...

A study of elephants, giraffes and other wildlife in Namibia's Etosha National Park underscores the ways in which the ...

Hippos show off diving lessons in the water. Democrats Launch Investigation Into Trump’s ‘Theft’ Of $230 Million In Taxpayer Money Over 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled. See affected ...

Colombia has handed over a chunk of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar's ranch, famous for its "cocaine hippos," to women caught up in the country's armed conflict, President Gustavo Petro said ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

As the region’s summer nears its close, health officials warned that several King County beaches have returned high bacteria samples, and beachgoers are urged to stay out of the water. High bacteria ...

NOTE: We would be remiss not to take advantage of this spell of abnormally cooler weather in North Texas this year. That’s why, despite Dallas’ concrete confines, we’ve been offering up suggestions ...

SASSANDRA RIVER, Ivory Coast (WKRC) - 11 people, including a child and infant, went missing after a hippopotamus flipped a boat travelling along a river. According to a translated statement posted to ...

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