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 in ...

More than 59,000 wild animals are illegally captured each year in Colombia and smuggled to Bogota, a city that has become a hub for the exotic species trade. In 2012 alone, Colombia’s environmental ...

MEDELLÍN, Colombia—On a scorching Saturday in February, hundreds of young men and women in Medellín stripped down to their swimsuit bottoms, slathered themselves in black and red paint, and sprawled ...

Álvaro Molina has had his run-ins with the burly bunch of neighbors with disreputable contacts who showed up about a decade ago along the river in front of his house in Colombia's Antioquia province.

Villa Lorena, in southwestern Colombia, is an animal refuge like no other. There are four lions, nine Bengal tigers, jaguars, cougars, a crocodile, a speckled bear and an ostrich. There's a chimpanzee ...

Experts have revealed the extent of illegal wildlife trafficking in Colombia, highlighting an underreported but lucrative income source for criminal organizations, only exceeded by drugs, arms and ...

Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights, which has become increasingly controversial in the countries where it is still practiced. The bill approved by Colombia’s congress calls for the ...

The wildlife trade is the third-most-lucrative criminal enterprise. May 28, 2013 — -- In the bustling streets of a Colombian village, colorful exotic birds, monkeys and sloths, all animals that ...

Several pieces of legislation that are under consideration in Colombia threaten to change the country’s research landscape if passed, by banning almost all science and education using live animals.

The introduction of non-native herbivores by humans to countries around the world may—in some instances—counteract a legacy of extinctions by replacing traits which have long been lost in ecosystems.