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DNA probe links Japan’s otter-themed cafes to poaching hotspots in Thailand

Venomous snakes, freshwater fish among legally traded species most likely to become invasive in US

Traffickers slither through loopholes with wild-caught African snakes and lizards

Action plan aims to save Asia’s leaf-eating monkeys amid ‘alarming’ declines

Back to the skies: the unlikely comeback of one of Brazil’s rarest parrots

Wave of arrests as Madagascar shuts down tortoise trafficking network

Indonesia’s voracious songbird trade laps up rare and poisonous pitohuis

Four new tarantula species found in India’s Western Ghats mountains

Greater Mekong serves up 234 new species in a year, from fanged hedgehog to diva viper

Thousands of birds seized in massive Indonesian bird-trafficking bust

China’s plans to trace wildlife trade risks inflaming trafficking, critics warn

From prison psychologist to wildlife whisperer: Interview with Susan Eirich

Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk

For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty

Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking

Camera-traps help identify conservation needs of Thailand’s coastal otters

Conservationists look to defy gloomy outlook for Borneo’s sun bears

For Vietnam’s rare reptiles, lack of captive populations may spell doom

Falcon trafficking soars in Middle East, fueled by conflict and poverty

Popular aquarium fish from Thailand and Myanmar is new-to-science species

When “cute” is cruel: Social media videos stoke loris pet trade, study says

Trapping holds back speed of bird recovery in a Sumatran forest, study shows

Study: Online trade in arachnids threatens some species with extinction

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

A fast-growing pipeline: The Amazon-to-Southeast Asia wildlife trade

The slow, toxic and sleepy life of lorises is coded in their genes

Big data monitoring tool aims to catch up to Indonesia’s booming online bird trade

Endangered species listing of long-tailed macaques: ‘shocking, painful, predictable’ (commentary)

Study casts doubt on sustainability of regulated blood python snakeskin trade

A helping hand for red-footed tortoises making a comeback in Argentina

‘It’s just a bird’: Online platforms selling lesser-known Indonesian species

Ugandan court hands Congolese parrot trafficker seven-year jail sentence