In a legal first, hippopotamuses located in Colombia that were once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar are now considered "interested persons" Hippopotamuses that represent the legacy of Pablo ...

Colombia’s invasive hippos, descended from animals once kept by Pablo Escobar, continue to raise difficult questions about population control, relocation, public safety, and animal welfare. Their ...

While these two have found comfort and companionship in each other after losing their mothers, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust ...

Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one female ...

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This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Thanks to years of campaigning by wildlife conservation groups, it’s widely known that Africa’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The pygmy hippopotamus was born on Dec. 9 and given an official birth ...

As a scientist whose research partly focuses on how giant land animals like rhinos, elephants, and giraffes move and how gravity uniquely constrains how athletic they can be on land, I've long ...