Millions of donkeys are slaughtered and skinned every year to fuel pseudoscientific Chinese medicine trade
Nearly six million donkeys are slaughtered each year for their hides to meet the demand for ejiao, a traditional Chinese ...
Tag: poaching
Forensic method could help the pangolin and bring poachers to justice
Researchers are using gelatin to get the fingerprints of poachers.
Elephant poaching is still at its peak in most of Africa
Central and Western Africa are the most affected regions.
Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action
It's good news, just not *very* good news.
Scientists use astronomy software to protect endangered creatures from poachers
Drones are hot on the poachers' hot traces.
This startup plans to end rhino poaching by counterfeiting illegal goods — and it could work
3D printed fake horns could drive the poachers out of a job.
Elephants increasingly become more nocturnal to evade poachers
The intelligent animals have responded to poaching by shifting their foraging patterns.
Rangers in India found an effective yet questionable way of slamming down poaching — they kill the poachers
Is it really a price worth paying?
Carbon dating confirms poachers are on a killing spree: 90% of ivory seized since 2002 is three years old
Forensic techniques suggest elephant massacres in Africa are as bad as we thought.
Environmental history encased in hippo teeth shows how poaching is altering Africa’s landscape
Poachers are destroying the delicate competitive balance between the two classes of plants in Africa's savannas.
Poachers responsible for 30% drop in savanna elephant populations in Africa
Africa's elephants might become endangered soon because of widespread poaching.
How A.I. and game theory is fighting poaching and illegal logging
Park rangers risk their lives on a daily basis to protect wildlife from poachers. They're also underfunded and understaffed, so ...
Young gorillas learn to dismantle poachers’ traps
In Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park poachers set thousands of snares to trap wildlife for meat. Inadvertently mountain gorillas -- listed ...
Elephants rearrange family structure in response to poaching
Elephant social structure is deeply matriarchal, meaning their groups look to older females for leadership. A new study looks into ...
Journalist Uses GPS Trackers and Fake Elephant Tusks to Reveal Smuggling Route
Every year, over 30,000 elephants are murdered, slaughtered for their tusks. Ivory is an extremely valuable commodity, and many people ...
Dozens of endangered cockatoos trafficked in small plastic bottles
At least 21 cockatoos have been discovered and saved from illegal trafficking; they were recovered at an Indonesian port during ...
100,000 elephants killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012, study finds
Elephant numbers are dwindling, with over 100.000 elephants being killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012. Image via AP. Most ...
Buddhist Monks step in to protect Snow Leopards
It's currently estimated that only 4,510 to 7,350 snow leopards remain in the wild - though estimates rely on outdated ...
Tusk DNA tracking to handle illegal trade
International treaties to protect the elephants are not working - that's the sad truth. There is no real, practical way ...
China is killing Africa’s elephants
The number of elephant poaching in Africa has increased dramatically, as well as the Chinese demand for ivory, and according ...
Siberian tigers face dramatic decline, drawing near extinction
The Siberian tiger is the biggest feline to walk the face of the Earth at the time, but if today's ...
