A U.S. court order says the offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people with legal rights in the U.S. The case involves a lawsuit against the ...

In January, six justices of the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that five elderly African elephants were not people. That may not sound like an issue that needs six justices to resolve, but ...

Families of Hippos live in the rivers and lakes of Colombia. (iStock/Getty Images Plus) No one asked for hippos to overrun Colombian rivers. But hippos frolic in the South American country anyway, ...

Colombia's best-known drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, may have been killed in 1993 but his influence continues to be felt in the country, sometimes in unexpected ways. Hippopotamuses brought to ...

Pablo Escobar was a notorious Colombian drug lord who left behind more than his criminal empire after his death in 1993. Among his eccentric legacies was a private zoo at his Hacienda Nápoles estate, ...

Colombia has handed over a portion of the legendary Hacienda Napoles—Pablo Escobar's sprawling ranch best known for its "cocaine hippos"—to women who've survived the country's decades-long armed ...

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 ...