Hippos, despite the myth, don't produce pink milk. Their white milk can sometimes mix with a reddish secretion, called "blood ...

America's beloved hippo, Fiona, from Cincinnati Zoo was filmed swimming in the pool and accidentally running over her mate Tucker.

The Mara River makes the perfect home for hippos. They graze the surrounding reed beds and grassland and swim in the bends and pools of deep water. The river supports around 2,000 of these semi ...

A holiday of a lifetime in Zambia almost ended in tragedy when a hippo hit a couple's canoe and flipped them into the water, dragging 63-year-old Roland Cherry into the depths before tossing him ...

Mrs Cherry managed to swim to safety, but her husband was dragged to the bottom of the river by the hippo. Speaking after the attack, he said: "I do remember thinking 'oh no, what a way to go ...

Hippos are great swimmers, but they can’t actually swim Hippos don’t swim in the traditional sense. Instead, they walk along the bottom of rivers and lakes, using their buoyancy to stay ...