Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday. Authorities have ...

World Hippo Day serves as a reminder of their importance in the ecosystem and the need for their protection. For centuries, ...

“This is an important step to advance in an immediate action plan, in order to address the situation generated by the presence of hippos in Colombia, which have caused impacts on our ecosystems ...

In effect Colombia boasts the biggest hippo population outside of Africa. Different estimates point to something between 90 and 180 animals, but there are still doubts about the real number.

This Friday, March 25, the Ministry of Environment confirmed, through a resolution, that the hippo (Hipopotamus amphibius) was included in the list of invasive alien species in Colombia.

A motorist slammed into a hippopotamus last month on a rural highway in Colombia. Though the driver walked away unharmed, his SUV and the 2,000-pound animal were totaled and killed, respectively.

Turns out hippos can outrun us and outswim us and do ... Enter Pablo Escobar from Medellin, Colombia. He once ran a worldwide drug cartel, raking in millions of dollars in the 1980s and 1990s ...