This is the moment a hulking hippo casually wandered up to a huge crocodile – leaving the normally fearsome predator frozen ...

Crocodiles and hippos are the largest and fiercest denizens of Africa’s freshwater habitats. While they are not natural rivals—they do not compete for the same food, nor do they normally eat each ...

Extreme drought drives animals to behave abnormally, as crocodiles and hippos crowd a waterhole. It's extremely rare for crocodiles and hippos to mingle so closely, but extreme drought forces the ...

When hippos and crocodiles clash, the result is more than chaos, it’s evolutionary strategy in motion. Comparative zoologists analyze muscle structure, reaction times, and territorial behavior to find ...

Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2021), pp. 212-227 (16 pages) Human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are on the increase due to shrinking space that results in increased competition for ...

The South African broke two world records in the process. PRETORIA, South Africa -- A South African swimmer has splashed his way into history by swimming across Lake Malawi during the tropical cyclone ...

Hippos and crocs have lived side by side for millennia, but are they cozy bedfellows or arch-enemies? One is a hefty herbivore, the other is the most successful freshwater predator on the planet, so ...

KOMATIPOORT, South Africa (Reuters) - You know the fishing is "not run of the mill" when your guide points to the path you're on and says "those are hippo tracks". But if you are after tigerfish, you ...

Rogan Kerr, 36, filmed the extraordinary encounter as the hippo heaved itself out of a shrinking watering hole in Botswana.

KOMATIPOORT, South Africa (Reuters) - You know the fishing is "not run of the mill" when your guide points to the path you're on and says "those are hippo tracks". But if you are after tigerfish, you ...