It’s been an exciting life for Ursula Pickle, traveling coast to coast by flatbed trailer, but now the hippo just wants to relax where the waves caress North Carolina sand, her owner says. The move is ...

Thanks to years of campaigning by wildlife conservation groups, it’s widely known that Africa’s elephants and rhinos are threatened by the trade in their valuable tusks and horns. Laws and regulations ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has called off the hunt to kill a drug lord's escaped hippo and will instead try to relocate the beast after its mate was shot dead by order of the government, sparking ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. The much larger common ...

Owner Gerry Barrett talks about the cracks that have formed in the concrete hippopotamus statue he calls Ursula Pickle. Ursula has traveled from Chapel Hill to Chatham County to Oregon and back again.

* Protests push Colombia to end hunt for drug-lord's hippo * Beer company to help relocate wild hippo and her calf By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, July 15 (Reuters) - Colombia has called off the hunt to ...

The N&O Summer Desk is a pop-up initiative to help navigate the season. Whether you’re heading to the beach, mountains or backyard, the Summer Desk is here to inform and entertain you. Share your ...