Did you know that despite spending most of their lives in water, hippos can’t actually swim? It may sound odd, but these semi-aquatic giants have unique adaptations that allow them to thrive in their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pablo Escobar’s four escaped hippos have grown into a feral population of nearly 200 individuals in the Magdalena Basin of ...

Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippos into Colombia decades ago, and the country has been paying for it ever since. A rescued ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Back in 1878, photographer Eadweard Muybridge helped solve a debate about how horses gallop. Using ...

Hippos don't swim, but use their front feet to "punt" along the bottom of a riverbed, putting their weight to good advantage THEY might be ungainly on land, but in water it’s a different story – ...

In Colombia, the hippos originally imported by Pablo Escobar have become an ecological menace. Initially introduced for his ...