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 ...

Why would a rhino pick a fight with a hippo, and who has the advantage? Do hippos and rhinos usually get along? Despite their seemingly calm demeanor as they float through the water, hippos are ...

A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary. An alpha hippo is challenged by two outside males. A coup by two hippo bulls is out of the ordinary, but this is no ordinary year, as a ...

On the savanna and in the rivers of Africa, two heavyweights dominate their turf. The hippo, unpredictable and deadly in the water, versus the rhino, a land tank with a lethal horn. Both are ...

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 ...