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

Carolyn Cowan 27 Jun 2023
A golden blue-legged baboon spider.

Study: Online trade in arachnids threatens some species with extinction

Ryan Truscott 1 Mar 2023
Clownfish can reportedly lay clutches of over 1000 eggs.

Pilot program tries to get U.S. aquariums to raise their own fish, not catch them

Ashley Stumvoll 21 Apr 2022
ransgenic zebrafish expressing different fluorescent colours.

GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks

Sue Branford 6 Apr 2022

Study finds major brands selling cat food that contain protected sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Mar 2022

Campaigners against dog meat trade take on one Indonesian city at a time

Eko Widianto 7 Mar 2022

CSI, but for parrots: Study applies criminological tool CRAAVED to wildlife trade

Grace Dungey, Nick Rodway 7 Jun 2021

More meat and playtime can calm your killer kitty

Liz Kimbrough 15 Feb 2021

Pet trade relies on ‘disposable’ wild chameleons from Madagascar

Chris Scarffe 20 Jan 2021

Tradable by default: Reptile trafficking flourishes amid lack of protection

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Oct 2020

Stolen from the wild, rare reptiles and amphibians are freely traded in EU

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Sep 2020

Prized as pets, are ball pythons being traded out of wild existence?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 May 2020

‘Don’t let your cat outside’: Q&A with author Peter Christie

John Cannon 26 May 2020

Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Jan 2020

Exotic pet trade responsible for hundreds of invasive species around the globe

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2019

Social media enables the illegal wildlife pet trade in Malaysia

John Cannon 9 May 2019
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018

Cheap prices lead to more exotic pets in the wild, research finds

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2018

‘Monumental’ bust in Madagascar triggers effort to save thousands of endangered tortoises

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2018

Ever wondered how much your pet’s diet impacts the environment?

Mike Gaworecki 17 Aug 2017

Exotic populations hold hope for internationally traded endangered species

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jan 2017

International trade in Barbary macaques banned

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2016

Madagascar’s largest tortoise could become extinct in 2 years

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Sep 2016

The dangers of China’s ‘thumb monkey’ trend

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Feb 2016

New campaign says ‘tickling is torture’ for slow lorises

Jeremy Hance 17 Jun 2015

Price trends a reliable, cheap indicator of wildlife declines, finds study

Mongabay.com 15 May 2015

Infamous pet and zoo supplier lost 3,500 animals a week (photos)

Shayna Wilson 2 Oct 2014

Pet fish invade ecosystem, upending nutrients and impoverishing fishers

Adam Andrus 2 Oct 2013

A new method to monitor stray dog abundance

Dr Liz Kimbrough 10 Dec 2012

Indonesia remains epicenter for illegal wildlife trade in reptiles and amphibians

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Oct 2012

Parrots of the Caribbean: extinction looms in the Bahamas

Zach Fitzner 8 Oct 2012

‘Cute’ umbrella video of slow loris threatens primate

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2011

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