From four to nearly 200, Colombia's "cocaine hippos" have been damaging the ecosystem of the Magdalena River for over four ...

The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a ...

Escobar’s private zoo is turning into a wildlife crisis.

Authorities say killing dozens of hippos is the only way to curb a booming population threatening Colombia’s wildlife and ...

After two years of failed attempts at relocation and sterilization, Colombia’s government has decided it will euthanize 80 of ...

Colombia is currently between a hippo and a hard place as the region prepares to cull its most notable invasive species.

Decades after a notorious drug lord imported exotic animals into the countryside, Colombia is now grappling with the ...

Dozens of hippos who descended from the ones brought to Colombia by onetime drug kingpin Pablo Escobar will be killed as the ...

Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to euthanize dozens of free-range hippos that have invaded the country’s ...

For decades, the hippos that Pablo Escobar smuggled into Colombia as exotic pets have been multiplying in the warm waterways ...

Decades after the drug lord brought in the first hippos for his private zoo, their descendants have become a threat to ...