SCORES of deadly wild animals, including lions, crocodiles and venomous snakes, are being kept as pets by Brits in their ...

The Live-Animal Trade. Every year millions of animals—African grey parrots, marmosets, meerkats, poison dart frogs, pythons, seahorses, whip scorpions—are plucked from the wild and moved ...

The wildlife trade is partly to blame, but any activity that puts people in close proximity to wild animals harboring diseases, for which humans are unlikely to carry immunity, poses a risk.

They provide just a glimpse of the massive trade in endangered animals — and their bones, skins and other organs — that is taking place across Asia.

Researchers have released shocking statistics which highlight the huge scale of the global wildlife trade in time for World Animal Day—an international day of action to raise awareness for ...

Of course, if at all possible, an animal rescued from the wildlife trade should be returned to its native habitat. But releasing a trafficked animal is much more complicated than finding an open ...

According to data collected by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the global value of trade in live animals totaled $21.7 billion in 2017, a 141 percent increase over the total ...

The coronavirus has cast an unexpected spotlight on the illegal animal trade. But cracking down on it will likely save human lives — and give embattled pangolins and other creatures a better ...

A wildlife trafficking watchdog organization found over 1,500 listings on Facebook selling animals in Thailand, in violation of the social media platform’s rules.

India and the US are in trade deal negotiations, with India seemingly open to importing some genetically modified agriculture ...

Why Would an Animal Trade One Body for Another? Most species undergo metamorphosis, but scientists aren’t sure why the process evolved. One new theory: Metamorphosis gives animals greater access ...