Hippos need culling, says report

 A detailed study of Colombia’s outlaw mammals suggests eradication with extreme prejudice is a key to control. Colombia could now be home...

Colombia election results: Gustavo Petro elected as Colombia’s next president

Colombian voters elect Gustavo Petro to lead the country for the next four years, the first time the country has ever elected a left-wing...

Petro vs. Rodolfo: A green revolution?

We look at both candidates’ positions on a range of key issues. Find out what Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández have to say about the...

Colombia joins international climate protest

Campaigners in Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Santa Marta, Tolima, and Ibague call for national climate emergency. Muisca leader calls for...

World Cleanup Day 2019, a chance to help clean the planet

World Cleanup Day 2019 returns on September 21 as the biggest civic action cleanup movement Colombia has seen. Photos: Catalina Alfonso. The...

Salento mining ban overturned, but fight continues

The wax palms of the Valle de Cocora. Photo: Annie Deri Residents in Salento campaign against mining as...

Environmental costs mounting but EPM pushes forward with controversial dam project

An early estimate has been made today into the environmental damage caused by closing the floodgates to troubled dam Hidrotuango. In a press release...

The last straw

There’s plenty of ways that you can reduce your plastic consumption, one of which is saying no to straws. The bad news: Around 13 million tons of...

Brightly-colored frogs illuminate Colombia’s battle against animal trafficking

[caption id="attachment_33561" align="alignnone" width="696"] O. Lehmani. Photo courtesy of Martin Bauert, Fundacion Zooligico de Cali[/caption] A...

If the coral reefs disappear, so will 30% of the ocean’s species

[caption id="attachment_32909" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] Photo: Belinda Grasnick, Flickr[/caption] With some scientists warning that the...