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More than half of the world’s turtle species are endangered or threatened, and overhunting of wild species is a major cause.
Why wild chimpanzees end up as pets and how we can keep them in the wild.
South Africa’s legal commercial lion industry is helping to act as a cover for the illegal international big cat bone trade.
New research exposing the surprising scale and diversity of Australia’s invertebrate pet trade online highlights the need for better regulation to protect our wildlife and manage biosecurity threats.
Any law that protects threatened wildlife should be welcomed – but a ban alone will not prevent illegal activity.
Most wildlife is trafficked openly, while dark web markets sell animals, plants and fungi as drugs. But this could change if there’s a clampdown on open trade.
Money pouring into conservation has funded drones and military-style training for rangers.
The number of live animals seized by the Australian Government has tripled since 2017, with blue-tongue lizards and sulphur-crested cockatoos frequently captured.
The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a harsh light on global commerce in wildlife. But many accounts focus on demand from Asia, ignoring the role of US and European consumers.
Covid-19, like other major epidemics, is not unrelated to the biodiversity and climate crisis we are experiencing.
Wild animals and animal parts are bought and sold worldwide, often illegally. This multibillion-dollar industry is pushing species to extinction, fueling crime and spreading disease.
For decades nations have worked to curb international sales of endangered plants and animals. But in countries like China, with high demand and speculative investors, that strategy fuels bidding wars.
One gram of songbird meat is estimated to sell for the equivalent of one gram of marijuana.
The slaughtered tigers were not bred in zoos, yet their story should put captive breeding in general into question.
Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
The illegal timber trade is a huge global business worth up to US$150 billion yearly. One way to curb it is by convincing consumers in wealthy countries that buying contraband wood products is wrong.
Tax fraud combined with dirty money from criminal activity, including trafficking and terrorism – are seriously weakening the economic health of African states.
Many scientific names have changed since China’s ‘protected species list’ was last updated in 1989.
Using DNA testing, researchers find that most elephant poaching is happening in two spots – crucial information to stopping the flow of ivory out of Africa.
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PhD Student, University of Adelaide
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Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Research Professor of Biology at Center for Conservation Biology, University of Washington
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Manager of Conservation Science, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, University of Sydney, UNSW Sydney
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Wildlife Research Manager at World Animal Protection and Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
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