Experts believe the population could grow from about 170 now to about 1,000 in 2035 if proper action is not taken The population of hippopotami descending from Pablo Escbobar’s so-called “cocaine ...

Colombia plans to fly dozens of its "cocaine hippos" -- the descendants of drug trafficker Pablo Escobar's private menagerie -- to new homes in India and Mexico in a bid to control their booming ...

In Colombia’s enormous Magdalena River basin, an ecological anomaly has triggered an extraordinary debate among ecologists.

BOGOTÁ, Bogota — Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch - descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in ...

Victims of Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict have controversially been given swathes of land from drug baron Pablo Escobar’s ranch, famed for its ‘cocaine hippos’. President Gustavo Petro said on ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (AP) — Tucked between mountain ranges, the sprawling palace of Pablo Escobar was home to kangaroos, giraffes, elephants and other exotic animals — a private zoo of illegally ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar's former ranch – descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord ...

ANTIOQUIA, Colombia -- The Colombian government will internationally relocate 70 hippos in the coming months at a cost of $3.5 million as the country addresses what it has deemed an invasive species.

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Even at Hacienda Nápoles, the hippos stood out. Given the marvels of Pablo Escobar’s 7,400-acre central Colombian hideaway, that was no small feat. The notorious drug lord’s $63 ...

When Gina Serna set out to control Pablo Escobar’s wild hippos, she didn’t count on the flood of tears. “I was crying a lot,” said Serna, a Colombian veterinarian who is spearheading an ambitious ...