Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos ...

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ may have been given another a chance at life thanks to an unlikely source. The Colombian ...

Around 200 hippos are roaming freely near the Colombian town of Doradal, descended from four animals that Pablo Escobar ...

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

Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely through a region in the center of the country, where they threaten villagers and displace native species years ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely through a fertile and humid region in the center of the country, where they are threatening ...

Bumpy’ the baby hippo is a social media star after his shocking rescue story pulled at the internet’s heart strings.

Colombia is confronting a unique problem: what to do with a population of hippopotamuses originally linked to Pablo Escobar.

Few animals look as calm and harmless as a hippo lounging in the water, but appearances can be deceiving. Dangerously so, in the case of the hippo. Despite their bulky bodies and seemingly lazy nature ...

After attempts at relocation and sterilization have failed, invasive hippos introduced by the infamous drug lord will be culled, the country announced ...