Here at BroBible, we’ve been tracking the cocaine hippos saga for a long time. I first wrote about them back in 2009 for AOL ...

The drug lord Pablo Escobar built a private zoo filled with hippos, but things took a dangerous turn when he was shot dead. Read more about it here.

What began as an eccentricity of drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s has turned into a large-scale environmental crisis. Escobar brought four hippos to Colombia from Africa for hi ...

Wildlife biologist and TV host Forrest Galante has spent his career chasing lost species, dodging sharks, and going ...

They’ve been multiplying ever since. Now officials are taking extreme measures to counter the problem A hippo crosses a rural road near Doradal, Colombia. Experts say that left unchecked the ...

However, the hippos were left on their own. They ended up thriving in Colombia, where they have no natural predators and don't experience any droughts. Currently, about 170 hippos roam northwest ...

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 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 ...

Pablo Escobar's Hippos Have Created an Ecological Crisis in Colombia In the late '80s, infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar illegally imported a group of hippos for his personal zoo. Today, these ...

The court in Colombia has issued a ruling that has stirred many. It ordered adopting "measures for the eradication" of over 160 of "Escobar's hippos." The court stated this is necessary due to ...