“Rapid DNA tests, x-ray fluorescence guns, and other technologies are being deployed in the fight against wildlife trafficking.”
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TikTok Is Obsessed With Talking Parrots. It’s Fueling a Global Black Market.
“A yearlong investigation into the African-grey trade reveals a web of poachers, egg smugglers, wealthy businessmen — and multitudes who want a talking bird.”
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Wildlife Attacks and Strange Animal Behavior—Fake Images Spark Conservation Concerns
“AI-generated images pose a direct threat to conservation efforts by distorting public perceptions of wildlife.”
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Inside the Audacious Mission to Bring a Rare Toad Back From the Brink
“The amphibian ‘IVF clinic’ fighting to save the first amphibian ever afforded federal protections.”
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Uncaged
“As wildlife advocates fight to free the last captives of Vietnam’s bile farms, rescued bears find dignity in the country’s sanctuaries.”
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The Menagerie Lurking in Rural America
“Not far from my Ohio hometown, a notorious tragedy shook America. Years later, its legacy lives and breathes—and occasionally runs away.”
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The Wild Within the Walls
“From antiquity to modern times, Rome has been entangled with the wild animals who creep, slither, scurry, and nest among its pillars and palaces.”
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The Fish That Climbed a Mountain
The wild tale of a small fishing club, a national park, and an epic battle over alien trout.
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Rewriting the Relationship Between Elephant and Keeper
“In Thailand, elephant welfare is often pitted against Thai culture and history. One Indigenous elephant keeper offers a glimpse of a third way.”
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Anatomy of an Extinction
“How climate disasters, human sprawl—and now Trump—are coming for America’s largest salamander.”