Wildlife trade is decimating the planet’s biodiversity, driving declines in more than 31,500 wild species and spreading infectious zoonotic diseases that jump between wildlife, livestock and humans.

BANGKOK (AP) – Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American Paddlefish. Officials at Thailand’s ...

COVID-19 curbs have resulted in a sharp drop in the illicit trade, but the industry is poised to bounce back hard as travel restrictions ease. Endangered wildlife products including pangolin skins and ...

Southeast Asia experienced an explosion of e-commerce, social media, and digital services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Already home to 400 million users, 40 million more people in the region became ...

Southeast Asia is a hotspot for illegal wildlife trade. Nonprofits with hotlines to report trafficking produce an outsized impact in saving animals.

The wildlife origins of COVID-19 highlighted the risks of intruding into forests and consuming wildlife, but most discussions around the pandemic have focused on human health and wildlife conservation ...

Deep within the untouched rainforests and mist-covered mountains of Asia roams a predator that few have seen but many revere, the Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii). Often described as the “hidden ...

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The legal and illegal wildlife trade continues to escalate in tandem with increasing Chinese investment in South America’s Amazon region, mirroring a similar China trafficking trend that devastated ...

When you hear the words “wildlife safari,” your mind probably jumps straight to iconic African destinations like Maasai Mara ...

The report on Asian elephants says new highways and rails should be kept away from elephant strongholds, but when that’s not possible, wildlife crossings should be incorporated into the new ...