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Climate change threatens to squeeze out Indonesia’s medicinal plants

Basten Gokkon 18 Aug 2021

Trafficking for traditional medicine threatens the Philippine porcupine

Keith Anthony Fabro 28 Jul 2021

Study warns of impacts of unregulated trade in Indonesian porcupines

Basten Gokkon 30 Jun 2021

Wildlife trafficking, like everything else, has gone online during COVID-19

Imelda Abano, Leilani Chavez 1 Jun 2021

In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows

Claudia Geib 24 Mar 2021

Traditional healers are preserving their knowledge, and with it, the biodiversity of Brazil’s savanna

Sarah Sax 12 Mar 2021
Pangolin bust, Medan, Indonesia, April 2015. Over 4000 frozen, 97 live and 77 kg of scale where confiscated during a WCS and national police bust of a wildlife trade. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS

In China, public support grows to rein in the wildlife trade in the wake of the pandemic

Emily Harwitz 9 Dec 2020

Big mammals are at risk in the world’s poorest countries, even within parks

Tess Joosse 27 Nov 2020
An adult male Loris showing its teeth. Photo by by Andrew Walmsley courtesy of the Little Fireface Project.

Armed and dangerous, ‘murder lorises’ use their venom against each other

Liz Kimbrough 19 Oct 2020

China still making pangolin-based treatments despite banning use of scales, report says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Oct 2020

A Philippine tribe’s plant-based medical tradition gets its moment

Bong S. Sarmiento 2 Oct 2020

Favoring ayahuasca over hospitals, Indigenous Kokama see COVID-19 deaths drop in the Amazon

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 17 Aug 2020

Illegal trade of Philippine pangolins is surging, report shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Aug 2020

Indigenous Ashaninka launch fundraiser to help Amazon neighbors amid pandemic

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 29 Jul 2020

The wild plants in your pantry—where did they come from?

Liz Kimbrough 20 Jul 2020

‘Saving sun bears’: Q&A with book author Sarah Pye

John Cannon 29 Jun 2020

Banned: No more pangolin scales in traditional medicine, China declares

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Jun 2020

As COVID-19 rages, Sri Lankans find solace in traditional practices

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Apr 2020

Shamans in the city: Brazil clinic offers traditional Amazonian treatments

Débora Menezes 9 Apr 2020

On a mega reserve in Laos, rescued moon bears find a new home

Claire Turrell 7 Apr 2020

Chinese government reportedly recommending bear bile injections to treat coronavirus

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2020

For tiger moms, the work-life balance struggle is real, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 13 Feb 2020

Nearly extinct vaquita mothers with calves spotted in recent expeditions

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2019

’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2019

Legal and illegal trade negatively impacting survival and wellbeing of Africa’s wildlife: Report

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2019

With new protections, saiga antelope may continue to be a symbol of Central Asia (commentary)

Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba 30 Aug 2019

Nigeria finds itself at the heart of the illegal pangolin trade

Orji Sunday 15 Aug 2019

Big cat trade driven by demand for traditional Asian medicine, according to report

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2019

New film details wrenching impact of illegal rhino horn trade on families

John Cannon 27 Jun 2019
Temminck's Ground Pangolin: Photo: KeithConnelly

Documentary seeks to tip the scales against illegal pangolin trafficking

Erna Curry 27 Jun 2019

Conservation groups concerned as WHO recognizes traditional Chinese medicine

Mongabay.com 28 May 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

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