Compared with Africa’s other big animals, hippos have been relatively neglected in scientific research. Partly, this is ...

Deepening restrictions on ivory trafficking have led to an increase of the trade in hippopotamus teeth, wildlife campaigners are warning, with potentially serious effects for a species already ...

But last year wildlife campaigners also warned that the ban on elephant ivory trafficking had led to an increase in trade of hippo teeth. In 2020 hippo teeth were among the mammal body parts most ...

Ravenous baby hippo Moo Deng munched on a tissue that was dropped into her enclosure by a monkey. Worried visitors spotted the adorable four-year-old pygmy hippo eating the foreign item at Khao Kheow ...

King Den's sandal label (made around 3000 BC). Hippopotamus ivory, found in Abydos, Egypt There's a compelling showbiz mythology of the modern big city - the energy and the abundance, the ...

The dentine makes the teeth strong and the enamel protects them. The ivory of the hippo teeth is a little softer than that of ...

Hippos are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, drought, poaching and the international demand for hippo parts, including teeth, skulls, ivory, skin and meat. Adam Peyman, wildlife programs ...

This is an image of hippo teeth products for sale in an ivory shop in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

poaching and trade in hippo parts — teeth, skulls, ivory, skin and meat — the future of hippos is uncertain. The comprehensive analysis of trade included in today’s petition demonstrates that hippos ...

The pygmy hippo lives near the rivers and streams of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. Though it once also roamed the forests of Nigeria, there have been no sightings reported in ...