SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo has a new hippopotamus — Lupe — that you can find at Hippo Trail. After Lupe’s companion at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington, recently died, the ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Monday that Otis, a 45-year old hippo, was euthanized following a sharp decline in his health over the weekend. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 45-year-old river hippo, who had been ...

Otis, a 45-year-old hippo, was euthanized following a sharp decline in his health over the weekend. Photo via @SanDiegoZoo Twitter The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Monday that Otis, a ...

Because you don’t have enough to fear in the world already, here’s a new threat: hippos. Yup, those massive beasts with toilet bowl mouths apparently have it out for humans. The most recent instance ...

This video investigates why hippo waste poses an unusually deadly threat to river ecosystems. Scientists reveal how the sheer ...

A baby hippopotamus born at the San Diego Zoo last month has a name. The zoo said the river hippo calf will be called Amahle (pronounced ah-MA-shay), which means “beautiful one” in Zulu. The name was ...

A baby hippopotamus born at the San Diego Zoo last month has a name. The zoo said the river hippo calf will be called Amahle (pronounced ah-MA-shay), which means “beautiful one” in Zulu. The name was ...

BOSTON - Moo Deng is social media's newest darling. The baby pygmy hippo first captured the hearts of gawkers at her zoo in Thailand, and then she devoured the world wide web faster than a head of ...

Ecologists have long known that agricultural and sewage pollution can cause low oxygen conditions and fish kills in rivers. A new study reports that hippo waste can have a similar effect in Africa's ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Otis the river hippo at the San Diego Zoo died at the park from an illness, leaving those who cared for him heartbroken. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance made the announcement on ...