Wildlife Trafficking

Our contributors offered expert ideas and perspective about pandemics, climate change, the Trump administration and more.

Giant forest elephants and blue whales play an enormous role in climate sequestration. Can putting a financial value on that role help conserve them — and us?

The incoming administration has an important opportunity to protect biodiversity and human health.

These crimes threaten tens of thousands of species around the world, causing extinctions, hurting people and spreading disease.

A collection of our best articles and essays about some the world’s most at-risk groups of species — and what we can learn from them.

New research indicates a growing online trade in porcupine bezoars — a ball of inedible material that sometimes gathers in their digestive tracks.

The strategy represents hope for people and wildlife, and can be a model for governments, but it still lacks critical funding to carry out its goals.

The world’s smallest bears face oversized pressure from poaching, traditional medicine and the illegal pet trade. The COVID-19 pandemic could make things even worse.

Our desire for the companionship of exotic pets from around the world has fueled the spread of disease.

Diseases can cause animal populations to decline or even go extinct. And they’re often worsened by environmental threats caused by people.