Here’s Nikica, the only hippo living in Montenegro, having a snack of bread. Last December, Nikica went on walkabout when her enclosure flooded. She took pictures of her adventure and posted them here.

Adhama the baby hippo swims and performs for the crowd. Video courtesy of the San Diego Zoo.

Hippos may be endangered in the wild but the ones in zoos seem to be healthy and hale and reproducing like crazy. Like the one born yesterday at the San Diego Zoo to parents Funani and Otis in full view of 100 visitors who shouted encouragement from the sidelines. Here is the full report from […]

Eight-year-old hippo Tucker woke up last August 21st to find himself a father. Unfortunately, the arrival of the new baby meant that the small Topeka zoo where he lived could no longer accommodate him. Tucker had to go. Luckily for him, the San Francisco Zoo agreed to take him. Good news for Tucker, but how […]

The Byculla Zoo of Mumbai, India, has had its share of animal deaths over recent years and now a hippo must be added to the list. A seven-year-old female hippopotamus named Jassi died at the Byculla zoo (also known as Jijamata Udyan) on Wednesday morning. According to the post-mortem report, she died because of a […]