An Indigenous-led citizen conservation project in the community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, aims to obtain data on the lowland tapir’s presence and understand the environmental factors ...

Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagers Colombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from ...

Source: Steven Castaño/with permission. The case of the Colombian hippopotamuses is a clear example of "bioxenophobia" (or biological xenophobia, a dislike of invasive, alien species) and bias in ...

Colombia weighs hippo cull as India offers relocation Colombia plans to cull up to 80 invasive hippos descended from animals once owned by Pablo Escobar, citing threats to native species and ...