Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study. This is the first time that the animals, which can weigh more than 2,000 kilograms (2.2 tons) and spend much of ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered that hippos get significant airtime when they're at full-trot, able to lift their enormous bodies off the ground for around 15% of their stride. It's ...

Of course, hippos cannot fly. How can these animals, which normally weigh thousands of pounds, even fly? It turns out they basically can; it only took some high-speed videos and some experts to prove ...