Four common hippos imported to Colombia as part of Pablo Escobar's private collection in the late 1980s have multiplied into the world's largest known population of invasive hippos. More than 80 of ...

Escobar's hacienda is now a tourist attraction, but watch out for the hippos. In the 1980s, leader of the Medellin drug cartel Pablo Escobar smuggled 4 hippos into Colombia for his personal zoo. Now, ...

Decades ago, the drug baron smuggled the beasts into South America for his private menagerie. They’ve been multiplying ever since. Now officials are taking extreme measures to counter the problem A ...

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, ...