Wildlife Trafficking

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.

A serious lack of data about the fate of wildlife saved from illegal trade leads to calls for better information and accountability.

This critically endangered, fanged deer species is losing out to the snaring crisis in Laos and Vietnam.

This is not your regular anteater. It’s one of the world’s only scaly mammals, representing millions of years of evolution.

The values of Zimbabwe’s and Namibia’s ivory stockpiles have been grossly overstated, and their proposed sale would lead to another poaching epidemic.

This vulnerable, fish-eating small carnivore still lives in stream-fed forests of northeastern Bangladesh and other countries. But it faces increasing threats.

From climate change to wildlife trafficking, these new books tackle the toughest problems of the day, along with vital solutions.