Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day ...

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 ...

But is hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) milk actually pink? It turns out that like other mammal milk, hippo milk is actually white or cream in color.

Hippos secrete hippusudoric acid, which has a reddish pigmentation. When white (the color of milk) and red (the color of hippusudoric acid) combine, the resultant mixture is pink.

But is hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) milk actually pink? It turns out that like other mammal milk, hippo milk is actually white or cream in color.

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, semi ...

However, it does offer a similar function to sweat as it helps control the body temperature of the hippo. Initially colorless, the viscous liquid changes to a red color in minutes and eventually ...

After carefully collecting the fresh sweat of a hippopotamus, chemists have isolated and identified the unstable compounds that give hippo sweat its rusty hue [Nature, 429, 363 (2004)]. It took a ...

If a hippo is out of the water for too long, they can become dehydrated. Hippos don’t have true sweat glands, instead, they secrete “blood sweat,” which is a thick, red substance.

The pink hippo milk rumor has been spreading across the web for some time, but it really gained footing in 2013, when National Geographic posted about the hippo's rose-colored milk on both its ...