Wildlife Trafficking

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.

The story of commercial whaling and the iconoclasts who opposed it offers hope for whales facing today’s new threats — and the future of our planet.

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