While you've probably heard of "Cocaine Bear," you probably haven't heard of the "cocaine hippos" wreaking havoc on one South American nation's ecosystem 40 years after their owner, drug kingpin Pablo ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia -- Colombia may have finally found a solution to one of the less-known legacies of the notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar -- the invading hippo. A handful of hippos, ...

Experts believe the population could grow from about 170 now to about 1,000 in 2035 if proper action is not taken The population of hippopotami descending from Pablo Escbobar’s so-called “cocaine ...

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, ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia — African animals bought with the spoils of one of the world’s most infamous drug traffickers are these days on show for thousands of tourists in a Colombian ecopark. PUERTO ...

Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in ...

In “Pepe,” Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias tells the story of a very special hippopotamus. Or rather, he allows the hippopotamus to tell the story himself. “Pablo Escobar brought three hippos to ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug ...