"We work closely with our partners." Authorities make disturbing discovery at US-Mexico border crossing: 'Has been on the ...

Argentine teju lizards have invaded Florida, and thanks to the pet trade and owners who tire of them and release the animals, they are negatively impacting native species. An article on Orlando.com, ...

Four men were recently arrested and fined for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Aiming to sell them as part of the exotic pet trade, these ants were being stored in individual ...

In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge inside a man’s pants. Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana, ...

RTI reveals Indian forest departments lack records on African grey parrot trade, raising concerns over illegal wildlife ...

At 19, Tucker Meek bought a pet lemur named Gizmo for half off the original price of $5,000 and a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka. His stepfather knew the owner of a pet store in Lubbock, and although ...

By Spoorthy Raman In the remote rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Annamite Mountains straddling Vietnam and Laos, two ...

Global illegal trade in wildlife is estimated to be worth $32 billion, with rare species in Australia at risk.

Five capybaras escaped a contained research facility in the state in the '90s. Elizabeth Congdon, an assistant professor at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, is studying the ...

Globally, chameleons are among the most popular reptiles in the exotic pet trade, among them, those only native to Kenya. [iStockphoto] Every year, hundreds of chameleons and tortoises are exported ...