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Lina Ruiz and Lita Rojas outside of the court in Ucayali after hearing the first ruling. Image by Hugo Alejos.

Report finds 226 Indigenous land defenders in Peru at risk of violence

Yvette Sierra Praeli 29 Sep 2025
Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica

Controlling wildlife crime saves more than species (commentary)

Kumar Paudel 10 Sep 2025
White-bellied pangolin on a tree.

In southeast Nigeria, pangolins hunted for meat, not scales, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 10 Sep 2025

Suspicions surround international legal trade in Galápagos iguanas

Spoorthy Raman 10 Jul 2025
A tokay gecko.

Environmental crimes are often hidden by ‘flying money’ laundering schemes (commentary)

Andrea Crosta 6 Jun 2025
Giant Rats: Wildlife crime's unexpected weapon | Wild Targets

How to train giant rats to fight wildlife trafficking?

Lucia Torres 12 Feb 2025
A Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) from Papua New Guinea.

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

Spoorthy Raman 10 Jan 2025
A little girl looks out between the barbwire of the refugee compound in 2015.

In the Philippines, persecuted Lumads push for Indigenous schools to be reopened

Michael Beltran 18 Dec 2024

Amazon Airstrips

Mongabay Latam 4 Dec 2024

Indigenous leaders killed as narco airstrips cut into their Amazon territories

Mongabay Latam 25 Nov 2024
A bar-winged prinia (Prinia familiaris).

Thousands of birds seized in massive Indonesian bird-trafficking bust

Keith Anthony Fabro 14 Nov 2024
Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

A key driver of decline, can wild orchid collectors change their ways?

Carolyn Cowan 14 Nov 2024
Fish catch, Thailand

Thai plan to relax fishing law stokes fear of return to illegal catches, worker abuse

Carolyn Cowan 31 May 2024
turtles Peru

In Peru, conservationists and authorities struggle to get turtle eggs off the menu

Ryan Biller 18 Mar 2024

Rehabilitation of Guatemalan fauna highlights opacity of illegal wildlife trade

Sandra Cuffe 7 Mar 2024
A landfill with mixed waste.

Takin’ out the trash: How do transnational waste traffickers operate?

Guia Baggi, Laura Carrer, Rahma Behi, Virginia Kirst 3 Aug 2023

Borders between Mercosur countries have become a hub for trafficking agrochemicals

Aldem Bourscheit (Brazil) and Aldo Benitez (Paraguay) 30 May 2023
Mining rafts and dredges on the Puré River.

Illegal mines and “floating towns” on the Puré River leave uncontacted Indigenous peoples at risk

Pilar Puentes 6 Feb 2023

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

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Nov 2022
A pink-headed fruit dove.

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

Sean Mowbray 17 May 2022
Coca plantation on a hillside near Caranavi, western Bolivia.

All coked up: The global environmental impacts of cocaine

Sean Mowbray 4 Apr 2022

Coalition against online wildlife trafficking shares little evidence of success (analysis)

Toby McIntosh 25 Mar 2022

Where trafficked pangolins originate is a puzzle, hobbling efforts to save them

Malavika Vyawahare 18 Feb 2022

Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 7 Feb 2022

Wild cat trade: Why the cheetah is not safe just yet (commentary)

Patricia Tricorache and Tomas Maule 12 Jan 2022

‘Mismanaged to death’: Mexico opens up sole vaquita habitat to fishing

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jul 2021

New bill seeks to end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 26 May 2021

Skin in the game? Reptile leather trade embroils conservation authority

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2021

Study highlights ‘terrible’ signs of species decline from wildlife trade

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Feb 2021

In the fight to save the vaquita, conservationists take on cartels

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Feb 2021

Crimefighting NGO tracks Brazil wildlife trade on WhatsApp and Facebook

Peter Yeung 23 Nov 2020

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

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Oct 2020

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