Anthrax has caused a mass die-off of hippos living inside Africa’s oldest nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials at Virunga National Park report that at least 50 hippos ...

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 ...

April 8 (Reuters) - At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river ...

Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear. Images shared by the ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses have died from anthrax poisoning at Africa’s oldest national park. Anthrax, a severe illness most commonly caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, can infect wild animals when ...

Virunga National Park/Handout via REUTERS Anthrax has been connected to the death of dozens of hippopotamuses at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to ...

An outbreak of anthrax recently reported in a farm in Zamfara State serves as another stark reminder of the ongoing public health challenges in Nigeria. Confirming the outbreak, the Federal ...

Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the head of the park told AFP on Tuesday. It is ...

Anthrax gave us the pleasure of announcing they’re actually working on a new record, and that it’s allegedly supposed to come out sometime at the end of the year. But all that talk was months ago, and ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east ...

A dead hippo is seen floating in water in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, after about 50 of the animals died of anthrax poisoning, in an undated handout picture released by ...