CAPE TOWN, South Africa — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife conservationists are again…
Read more These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the worldBILLINGS, Mont. — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife…
Read more Eagle feathers play a sacred role in powwows. Poachers are exploiting the high demandHELENA, Mont. — An 81-year-old Montana man faces sentencing in federal court Monday in Great Falls for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central…
Read more Montana man to be sentenced for cloning giant sheep to breed large sheep for captive trophy huntsNAIROBI, Kenya — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for…
Read more The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased tooISTANBUL — A curator at the American Museum of Natural History was detained in Istanbul while allegedly attempting to smuggle spider and scorpion samples, Turkish media reported. The…
Read more A US museum curator was detained in Turkey on claims of spider smuggling. He says he has permitsA Washington state man accused of helping kill more than 3,000 birds — including eagles on a Montana Indian reservation — then illegally selling their feathers intends to…
Read more Man to plead guilty to helping kill 3,600 eagles, other birds and selling feathersHAWSTON, South Africa — Nearly every house in Hawston has a boat in its yard, sometimes two. It takes a moment to realize many are out of action,…
Read more Sea snail is a prized dish in Asia. That has meant a trail of destructionNEW YORK — Birdwing butterflies are among the rarest and largest to grace the planet, their 10-inch (25.4-centimeter) wingspans flapping through the rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australia.…
Read more Rare birdwing butterflies star in federal case against NY man accused of trafficking insectsThe Tomohon Extreme Market was once a top tourist attraction in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi — a live animal market filled with everything from fileted pythons…
Read more A market slaughtering dogs was a top tourist attraction. Then a video was leakedTUNIS, Tunisia — European leaders and Tunisia‘s president announced progress on Sunday in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the…
Read more European Union and Tunisia announce progress in building economic and trade ties, and on migrationLOXAHATCHEE, Fla. — The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since…
Read more Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggsIsrael’s Shin Bet security agency says Israeli authorities have released a Jordanian lawmaker to his home country after he allegedly tried smuggling dozens of rifles and handguns through…
Read more Israel releases Jordan lawmaker said to have smuggled gunsLONDON — King Charles III plans to take a short cut and smoother ride to Westminster Abbey for his coronation, trimming the procession route his mother took in…
Read more King’s coronation: 3 crowns, 2 carriages and a shorter route
