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It started with a rumor Kyle MacLachlan heard from a friend: A small town in coastal North Carolina struck a deal in the 1980s with Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar to smuggle drugs into the country.

But the years-long effort to sterilize these animals has largely failed, and researchers say we’re running out of time to ...

A hippo (Hippopotamus amphibious) is seen at Santa Cruz Foundation during the World Wildlife Day, celebrated to draw attention to wild plant and animal species on planet and raise awareness of ...

The hippos, brought to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, could have a serious negative impact on the local ...