Hippos contribute an enormous amount of "organic material" —dung, actually — to freshwater systems, which helps support small organisms in complex African ecosystems. But it turns out that they also ...

For the sake of their science, Chris Dutton and his team members spent time knee deep in a lagoon full of thick, smelly hippopotamus poop. Dutton is a graduate student in the Department of Ecology and ...

This video investigates why hippo waste poses an unusually deadly threat to river ecosystems. Scientists reveal how the sheer volume of their droppings quickly strips oxygen from the water. Footage ...