In Colombia’s Middle Magdalena region, a patchwork of forest corridors is linking up isolated populations of the critically ...

Colombia currently has more than 4 million stray dogs in many cities. In addition to stray dogs, there are many stray cats that roam the streets. This is a big problem because these animals are put… ...

Decades after Pablo Escobar brought hippos to Colombia, country now dealing with dozens of them 04:43. Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals ...

Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights, which have become increasingly controversial, in a three-year span, and will make the tradition illegal by the start of 2028.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by… ...

Authorities in Colombia’s Antioquia department, home to both Medellín and Escobar’s estate, plan to capture about 70 of the animals and send them to sanctuaries in India and Mexico.

Since 2016, Colombia has criminalized animal abuse, for which aggressors face punishments of up to 85 million Colombian pesos ($20,300 USD) and 36 month-long prison sentences, as of 2025.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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.

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.

In Colombia, a team of researchers teamed up with cattle ranchers in the department of Meta to find a solution to one central question: How can cattle, a crucial part of local food security and ...

Latin America’s animal populations have fallen drastically over the ... A white-faced capuchin holds an earthworm at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community in Colombia, May 22, ...

Colombia began the $10,000-a-pop sterilization of the nation's surprisingly large population of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by drug kingpin Pablo ...