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 ...

A massive hippo calmly displaces five Nile crocodiles from a fresh kill in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Adult hippos dominate shared waterways and rarely back down from crocodiles. Both hippos and Nile ...

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 ...

At a natural waterhole we stopped to look at the hippo before noticing an elephant approaching and a number of crocodiles in the mud. A nice amount of birdlife too with oxpeckers, queleas, doves, and ...

A team from The Wilderness Project is traversing Zambia’s Kafue River by canoe, collecting ecological data as part of a long-term survey. The expedition involves grueling portages over sharp, slippery ...

While the lion may be the king of the jungle in the wide open plains of Africa, the boss is a different story. Whether you are a fierce lion, aggressive crocodile, or stealthy cheetah, they all have ...