No one casts a shadow over the history and legacy of Colombia quite like Pablo Escobar. Once the most powerful drug ...

As if real-life hippos weren’t far enough of a cry from their sweet cartoon counterparts — polar opposites from Madagascar’s Gloria or The Backyardigans’ Tasha — Discovery Channel’s brand new series ...

The late kingpin's animals have roamed free since the early 1990s, but their tenure could soon come to an end. Reading time 2 minutes Hippos introduced to Colombia by the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar ...

The Colombian government has announced a raft of measures to control its growing population of invasive hippos—descendants of animals introduced to the country by the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar ...

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Journalist Joshua Hammer–author of a captivating piece in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine, entitled “Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos are Wreaking Havoc in the Columbian Jungle”—recalls how, ...

Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. The herd, which the Colombian ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Harris County Sheriff's Office says two suspects, Joseph Plattenberg and Jordyn Wells, were arrested and charged with murder after the body of 33-year-old Jorge Gonzalez was accidentally found at a ...

An elephant who once had an infamous owner has died of old age. Raina was rescued from the circus and lived out the last 15 years of her life on Pablo Escobar’s estate before she died on Monday ...