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

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

Pet trade’s “cute” and “adorable” label endangers the slow loris

Linda Lombardi 25 Aug 2016

Study explores how new technologies can be linked to benefit conservation efforts

Mike Gaworecki 24 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

Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink

Diane Toomey 17 Aug 2016

World Elephant Day: Poaching remains ‘unacceptably high’ for African elephants

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Aug 2016

Does prohibiting local access to nature hurt African wildlife conservation?

Michael Schwartz 11 Aug 2016

Indonesia mulls revision of orangutan conservation plan

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Aug 2016

Tens of thousands of birds being sold illegally in Javan bird markets

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Aug 2016

Indochinese leopard has disappeared from 94% of its historical range

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Aug 2016

Two businessmen arrested for ivory trafficking

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Aug 2016

Study uncovers illegal bird trade in Thailand’s weekend market

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Aug 2016

Malayan Sun bear: bile trade threatens the World’s smallest bear

Claire Asher 1 Aug 2016

Grim reality behind tiger selfie tourism: speed breeding, cruelty

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2016

International Tiger Day: How are tigers faring now?

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2016

Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jul 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

New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jul 2016

India at heart of illegal otter trade

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jul 2016
Pangolins rescued from wildlife traffickers. These individuals are at a rehabilitation center in Cambodia. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Illegal wildlife trade in Asia decimating species, warn scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2016

Amazon turtles imperilled by dams, mercury pollution and illegal trade

Claire Salisbury 12 Jul 2016

Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous Animals

Laurel Neme 6 Jul 2016

5,000 wild animals killed in West Bengal, India, on World Environment Day

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jul 2016
Protesters target Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong International Airport in May. Courtesy of WildAid

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2016

Trafficking: Indonesian soldier caught with 8 pangolins in car backseat

Ayat S. Karokaro 24 Jun 2016

Judges up the ante for tiger traffickers in Indonesia

Chik Rini, Dedek Hendry 24 Jun 2016

After mass die-off, saiga antelope numbers go up in Kazakhstan

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jun 2016

Singapore crushes illegal ivory worth $10 million

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jun 2016

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