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Elephants in Borneo slaughtered for ivory (WARNING: graphic photos)

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jan 2017

China seizes over 3,000 kg of pangolin scales in biggest-ever smuggling case

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2016

Signatories to Hanoi Statement urged to do more to combat illegal wildlife trade

Mike Gaworecki 15 Dec 2016

Public hearing concludes Vietnam fails to crack down on wildlife trafficking

Azarja Harmanny 16 Nov 2016

Its own rhinos hunted to extinction, Vietnam is a hub for the rhino horn trade

Isabel Esterman 10 Nov 2016

Most illegal ivory comes from recently killed elephants: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Nov 2016

Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Nov 2016

Over 200 snow leopards killed every year: new report

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Oct 2016

Rhino killed in India’s Kaziranga Park, highlighting the ever-present threat of poachers

Isabel Esterman 24 Oct 2016

Park ranger murdered while trying to protect rare gorillas

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Oct 2016

International trade in African grey parrots banned

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Oct 2016

No decline in tiger trafficking: new report

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Sep 2016

Commercial trade in all eight pangolin species has just been banned

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2016

Conservationists: It’s time for pangolins to be listed on Appendix I of CITES

Mike Gaworecki 27 Sep 2016

Lao PDR commits to shut its commercial tiger farms

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Sep 2016

Lao PDR failing to curb pangolin and hornbill trafficking: new reports

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Sep 2016

Indian rhino horns being smuggled to China via Myanmar

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Sep 2016
Rangers at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized

William H. Funk 12 Sep 2016

Countries at IUCN Congress vote to ban domestic ivory markets

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Sep 2016

IUCN motions to ban the pangolin trade

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 6 Sep 2016

Guest Commentary: Are grassroots organizations our best hope for combating the illegal wildlife trade?

Natalie Kyriacou 6 Sep 2016

657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Sep 2016

Detector Dogs sniff out illegal ivory, help nab poacher in Tanzania

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016

China jails 7 people, including airport employee, for smuggling rare tortoises

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Aug 2016

Indonesia mulls revision of orangutan conservation plan

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Aug 2016

Ivory poaching kingpin gets 20 years in jail

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2016

Vietnam is one of world’s biggest illegal ivory markets

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jul 2016

Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jul 2016

GDELT: Mining and mapping global wildlife crime news

Julia John 7 Jul 2016
Yu Jiahua poses in front of a small portion of the wire loops collected by the anti-poaching patrol team during the past two decades. Photo by Wang Yan.

PHOTOS: On a Chinese mountain, an aging anti-poaching hero ponders the future

Wang Yan 16 Jun 2016

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