After a more than two-year separation due to parenthood, the San Diego Zoo’s resident hippopotamuses, Otis and Funani, are together again in their 150,000-gallon pool. The two were kept apart after ...

Visible-light imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the development of a small eye in Tropical Cyclone Funani as the storm rapidly intensified into a major hurricane in the Southern Indian Ocean ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Funani, the female hippo at the San Diego Zoo, met her new partner, Otis ...

“I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It’s my trademark.” These words by late pop star Brenda Fassie are one of Aviwe Funani’s treasured quotes. “I wonder where we would have been as African ...

The San Diego Zoo’s longtime hippopotamus momma, Funani, has given birth to a healthy female calf — the ninth little one born to Funani since she arrived at the zoo in 1995. The roughly 70-pound baby ...