Pablo Escobar's four imported hippos have spawned Colombia's largest invasive population, disrupting local ecosystems. These ...

Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippos into Colombia decades ago, and the country has been paying for it ever since. A rescued ...

Colombia has around 200 so-called "cocaine hippos" living in the wild, all of which descended from a colony brought to South ...

Pablo Escobar following his arrest in 1976. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the pioneer in industrial-scale cocaine trafficking. Known as “El Patrón,” Escobar led the Medellín Cartel from the 1970s ...

When you think of Colombia, what images come to mind? For some, it may be coffee or perhaps the country’s diverse landscapes and cultures. For many others, it will be cartels, crime and cocaine.

One of Pablo Escobar’s invasive “cocaine hippos” was struck and killed by a car in the middle of a Colombian highway. Officials in Puerto Triunfo said the semiaquatic mammal was hit Tuesday night ...

When Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as pets — zebras, giraffes, kangaroos and rhinoceroses — died or were transferred to zoos. But not his ...

Explore the highlights of my recent trip to Medellin, Colombia. Discover the Pablo Escobar tour where I examined key locations from his life, including the area where he grew up and the site of his ...

The Russian military’s progress has slowed to a crawl and Vladimir Putin appears to be under increasing pressure. By Katrin Bennhold Colombia is facing pushback over its plan to cull wild hippos, ...

Colombia is facing pushback over its plan to cull wild hippos, which are descendants of the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s personal pets. The hippos, which are native to Africa, have threatened local ...