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Castrating Escobar’s hippos next step for control

January 26, 2021

Researchers are racing against time to stop the spread of invasive hippopotamuses in Colombia by castrating the animals. Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibus) were first brought into the South America by one of the best at the …

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Feral hippos may fulfill long lost ecosystem role

March 30, 2020

Descendants of hippos imported to Colombia by drug lord Pablo Escobar may actually be fulfilling the ecosystem roles of long-extinct wildlife, according to new research. The handful of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibus) imported by Escobar, leader …

Conservation News

For declining warblers, winter brings most to same spot

July 30, 2019

After placing geolocators on prothonotary warblers (Protonotaria citrea) in a number of states, researchers found that wherever the birds depart from, most travel to northern Colombia for the winter. “This was a big surprise,” said …

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Intensive Farming May Not Hurt Tropical Bird Diversity

September 4, 2015

Farming more intensely in some areas may not impact tropical birds if it means leaving areas with more natural habitat alone, according to new research. “We need to be thinking far more effectively about how …

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