Insight Hungry hippos and orangutans enjoy Halloween treats at Chicago zoo Posted onOctober 19, 2023 Spooky season has arrived at a zoo in Chicago, with a number of animals receiving some early Halloween treats. 4340403
Insight Ivory ban to extend to hippos and killer whales Posted onMay 23, 2023 The government plans to extend a ban on dealing ivory to five endangered species. 4963882
Insight $3.5m plan to move Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s hippos Posted onMarch 30, 2023 Pablo Escobar imported hippos to Colombia in the 1980s, but they now pose a growing problem. 9004981
Insight Ecologist advises Botswana government not to feed thirsty hippos at dried up lake Posted onDecember 15, 2022 Lake Ngami, in the northwest near the Okavango Delta, is facing its second consecutive year without rain 4009840
Insight Climate change could force hippos onto endangered list Posted onAugust 2, 2022 The number of semi-aquatic mammals is dwindling thanks to hunting, habitat loss, and the climate crisis 6226458
Insight Call for hippos to join list of world’s most endangered animals Posted onAugust 2, 2022 New classification would mean a total ban on international trade in the animal’s body parts, as climate crisis and poaching hit populations Hippos could be … 1592287
Insight Hippos recognise each other’s voices, study finds Posted onJanuary 25, 2022 Researchers studied hippos living in several lakes in the Maputo Special Reserve in Mozambique 9212522
Insight Two hippos at Belgian zoo test positive for Covid in first for species Posted onDecember 6, 2021 The zoo is currently investigating how the virus spread to its hippos 1389548