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

They are the descendants of four hippos brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

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

Colombia is taking aim at its invasive hippopotamus population. This week, the government announced plans to euthanize dozens ...

Pablo Escobar's illegal hippos, once a symbol of excess, now pose a major ecological and safety crisis in Colombia.

Colombian officials have announced its plans to cull up to 80 of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s so-called ‘cocaine hippos’.

Colombia’s rich biodiversity is increasingly threatened by invasive species spreading across land and water. These non-native animals and organisms often outcompete local species and disrupt fragile ...

Source: Steven Castaño/with permission. The case of the Colombian hippopotamuses is a clear example of "bioxenophobia" (or biological xenophobia, a dislike of invasive, alien species) and bias in ...

The Colombian government plans to euthanize dozens of hippos descended from animals smuggled by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in ...