Besides elephants and rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses are the largest living land animal. Though they resemble giant pigs, their closest relatives are cetaceans like whales and porpoises. Hippos are ...

If you have ever come face to face with a 6,000 pound hippopotamus on a warm, sunny day, you might have noticed the hippo seems to be sweating blood. The thick, blood-like liquid would be oozing out ...

The hippo version of sweat is red-orange, and Japanese researchers have now isolated two pigments responsible for the colorful glow. Tests so far confirm years of speculation that this skin secretion ...

Hippos can stand in the hot sun all day without getting a sunburn, and now researchers know why: a red-colored glandular secretion known as "hippo sweat" contains microscopic structures that scatter ...

The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is a large, plant-eating African mammal that spends most of the day submerged in the waters of tropical rivers. Hippos can be 1.5 metres (5 ft) tall at the ...

Want to be hip at the beach while being cool and healthy too? Try Hippopotamus sweat. Not only is the sweat of the hippo a fetching shade of red that gradually turns to brown, it acts as a sunscreen ...

Hippos, despite the myth, don't produce pink milk. Their white milk can sometimes mix with a reddish secretion, called "blood sweat," which acts as a sunscreen and antibiotic. These massive, ...

Hippos are among the most iconic animals in Africa and hold the distinction of being the third-largest land mammal living on Earth today after elephants and white rhinos. On top of their huge size, ...

The colourful secrets of hippopotamus sweat have been unlocked. Researchers have identified the chemicals responsible for the ancient myth that the beasts sweat blood. In reality, hippos' secretions ...