Wildlife Trafficking

Killing an endangered species is a heinous crime, but the language around the act requires a refocus away from colonialization.

An important new survey — the first nationwide test of new technology — also reveals critical conservation priorities.

Writers like Kim Stanley Robinson, Barry Lopez, Sy Montgomery and others celebrate the fragile beauty of this modern world — and address how to help save it.

Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.

The international community must agree to end deforestation, close live-wildlife markets, and embrace a treaty to prevent future outbreaks.

The rich countries that fuel demand for wildlife products must step up to fulfill their enforcement responsibilities and support developing countries and vulnerable communities.

A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.

Isolated on just two islands in southeast Asia, this little-known, forest-dependent wild cat persists in the region experiencing the world’s fastest deforestation.

Rampant capture for the songbird trade threatens to silence the forests of this species’ evolutionarily marvelous melody.

American fisheries feed an intense global demand for shark fins. A new bill could help close several critical gaps in the rules.