Roughly 50 hippopotamuses at Africa’s premier nature reserve died from anthrax poisoning, according to park officials. The naturally occurring form of anthrax took down the behemoths in the Democratic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hippopotamuses were found floating in a river south of Lake Edward, which separates the DRC from Uganda, park director ...

Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in its early stages. But once the disease has progressed beyond the "point of no return" after just a few ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses died as a result of anthrax poisoning at the oldest national park in Africa. A spokesperson confirmed with USA TODAY that at least 40 to 50 hippos were found deceased at ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hannah Kinzer, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) The bacteria that ...