Wildlife Trafficking

New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.

The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.

Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.

One of the world’s rarest civets is threatened by the world’s most expensive coffee.

Our ongoing study in Bali reveals a surprising level of trade in protected species — and offers a strategy for ending it.

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.