Sweeping new global trade protections for sharks and rays were just adopted at CITES CoP20 in Samarkand. It is one of the ...

In September, a Sri Lankan court cracked down on the illegal elephant trade, resulting in a landmark conviction.

Strict restrictions will continue to apply to the trade in giraffes, despite a move to exempt certain populations of the African animal.A vote on the issue on Saturday at the World Wildlife Conference ...

Prop 12 advocates say gestation crates amount to animal cruelty (Creative Commons 3.0 image courtesy of the Humane Society of ...

Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid concerns that overfishing is driving some to the brink of extinction.

Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid ...

Japan and China have both told CITES that they don’t support listing the eels. And in the U.S., the Atlantic States Marine ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, came into force 50 years ago and remains one of the most ...

With their bright green eyes and slender bodies, gulper sharks are odd-looking, prehistoric creatures that have been around for millions of years. Found worldwide in waters from 200 to 1,500 meters ...

The world's top wildlife trade body voted Thursday to effectively ban all international trade in the critically endangered ...

The global wild tiger population, once around 100,000, has now plummeted to an estimated 3,700-5,500, a wildlife trade ...

A new report by wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC warned that criminal networks are evolving faster than conservation ...