Wildlife Trafficking

In the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order halting foreign aid, severely imperiled species — and the people protecting them — hang in the balance.

The Bali myna once faced extinction from the illegal wildlife trade. An unusual approach may have helped save them.

Demand for their scales (and their habitats) has pushed these anteaters to the brink. But why aren’t more conservationists working to protect them in the wild?

Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.

We asked conservation researchers to send us their best papers of 2024. They surprised us with some powerful and important science.

The United Kingdom, a major European player in the global ornamental fish trade, offers a case study of this industry’s problems — and its potential solutions.

Marine biologist Monica Biondo has spent more than a decade studying the multibillion-dollar market for these colorful fish, which pulls thousands of species from the ocean each year.

This massive rainforest in Aceh, Indonesia is home to tigers, elephants, pangolins, and other threatened species, but it needs one key change to ensure their survival.

“Collectors” threaten these tiny bats, whose big ears can’t protect them from the humans loving them to death.

For this national symbol of New Caledonia and one-of-a-kind avian species, time may be running short.