Surging exotic pet trade sparks calls for tighter crackdown - Social media influencers, who have made owning exotic pets cool, are also contributing to the problem ...
The Malaysian purple-femur tarantula inhabits easily recognizable silk-sealed burrows in a hilly area of Malaysia that covers ...
The international wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that impacts hundreds of millions of plants and animals. It is often fueled by unsustainable demand for imperiled species and their ...
A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...
In the 1960s, growing demand for wild plant and animal products was driving certain species like elephants and tigers toward extinction. CITES launched in 1973 as a mechanism to better regulate this ...
FILE -In this May 2, 2020 photo, a marine iguana suns on the edge of a boardwalk in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. (AP Photo/Adrian Vasquez, File) FILE -In this May 2, 2020 photo, a marine ...
The Growing Exotic Pet Trade Drives Illegal Sales Online and a Push for Tighter Rules A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds ...