Why anti-trafficking measures alone won’t save Africa’s pangolins

African pangolin exploitation might be motivated more by local demand for meat than international demand for scales.

Charles Emogor, Schmidt Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge • conversation
June 13, 2025 • ~6 min

Banning wildlife trade can increase trade of other threatened species

Wildlife trade bans can encourage buyers and sellers to trade in similar species that haven’t been banned but may still be endangered.

Taro Mieno, Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln • conversation
Feb. 3, 2025 • ~5 min

From rhino horn snuff to pangolin livestock feed: we analysed half a century of patents to track the wildlife trade’s evolution

Analysis of thousands of patent applications sheds new light on hidden wild harvests.

Susanne Masters, PhD Candidate, Institute of Biology, Leiden University • conversation
Aug. 27, 2024 • ~8 min

Javan rhinos, once thought safe from poachers, are anything but

Poaching may have killed more than a third of the world’s Javan rhino in five years.

Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Aug. 22, 2024 • ~8 min

Could South Korea become a model for tackling illegal tiger trade?

Formerly one of the world’s largest markets for tiger bone, new research sheds light on the current situation in South Korea.

Joshua Elves-Powell, PhD Researcher, Conservation Biology, UCL • conversation
May 29, 2024 • ~7 min

Thousands of badgers being farmed in South Korea could be a disease risk

New research investigates a poorly known wildlife trade.

Joshua Elves-Powell, PhD Researcher, Conservation Biology, UCL • conversation
May 9, 2023 • ~7 min

Japan's ivory market is no longer a threat to elephant populations – here's why

Japan was one of the world’s largest ivory markets – research explains why the country is no longer a key destination for the product.

Takahiro Kubo, Senior Researcher in National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) & Visiting Researcher in ICCS, University of Oxford • conversation
Nov. 18, 2022 • ~7 min

How money and technology are militarising the fight against the illegal wildlife trade

Money pouring into conservation has funded drones and military-style training for rangers.

Rosaleen Duffy, Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield • conversation
Sept. 23, 2022 • ~7 min

Songbirds with unique colours are more likely to be traded as pets – new research

The pet trade threatens to decimate some species – and dull nature’s colour palette.

Rebecca Senior, Assistant Professor of Conservation Science, Durham University • conversation
Sept. 22, 2022 • ~7 min

Songbirds with unique colours are more likely to be traded as pets – new reserch

The pet trade threatens to decimate some species – and dull nature’s colour palette.

Rebecca Senior, Assistant Professor of Conservation Science, Durham University • conversation
Sept. 22, 2022 • ~7 min

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