A new Nature study reports that proteins preserved in 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth carry a signal also seen in Denisovans, raising the possibility that these two ancient human relatives once ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth discovered in a cave in Siberia shows clear signs of dental surgery with a small stone ...

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Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to India It remains one of the strangest conundrums in modern zoological history – what to do with ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia — Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision. From the silty, tea-colored current, hippopotamuses can surface without ...

Pablo Escobar, the Colombian drug kingpin, was killed in 1993. After his death, most of the exotic animals he had imported were either transferred to zoos or died. These included llamas, cheetahs, ...

Colombia’s wildlife crisis involving the “cocaine hippos” of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has once again drawn global attention after authorities approved plans to cull dozens of the animals. The ...

Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is ...

Hippos -- descendants from a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar -- are seen in the wild in a lake near the Hacienda Napoles, once the private zoo of Escobar, in Doradal, Antioquia ...

The son of an Indian billionaire has offered to take in 80 hippos from Colombia after officials there recently approved a plan to euthanise the animals whose population is expected to exceed 500 by ...