But many Africans regard hippos as the continent’s most dangerous animal. Although accurate numbers are hard to come by, lore has it that hippos kill more people each year than lions ...

The drug lord Pablo Escobar built a private zoo filled with hippos, but things took a dangerous turn when he was shot dead. Read more about it here.

Meet Monroe! He’s a Nile hippo at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo in Monroe - hence the name choice. General Curator ...

In Africa, hippos are thought to kill some 500 people a year, making them among the most dangerous animals to humans, according to the BBC and other sources. And while for now violent encounters ...

There was good reason to be concerned. Hippos are one of the most dangerous animals in Africa and have a reputation for being highly aggressive and territorial. So how on earth were we going to ...

Virunga in eastern DR Congo is home to a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas and more than 1,000 hippos ... is one of the most biologically diverse, but also most dangerous, national ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals ... 7,800 sq km (3,000 sq miles), Virunga is one of the most biologically diverse, but also most dangerous, national parks on the continent.