Hippos are one of the most dangerous animals ... A few years ago the river would completely dry up for several months a year, but thanks to monitoring, research and efforts to restore the ...

Conservation authorities on Friday (April 26) said that herds of endangered hippos, trapped in the mud of dried-up ponds, are at risk of dying in drought-hit Botswana. Southern Africa has been hit ...

While seasonal flooding usually makes the Okavango Delta a lush habitat for wildlife, the dried-up Thamalakane River has forced herds of hippos to head for natural water reserves close to the ...