Researchers warn that the booming exotic pet trade in India could lead to invasive species dominating ecosystems in Tamil ...

Exotic animal ownership in B.C. is regulated by the Controlled Alien Species Regulation (CASR), introduced in 2009. While it prohibits the most high-risk animals, such as tigers and venomous snakes, ...

Florida hosts an annual python hunt to help curb the spread of the invasive species. Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 contest, ...

On August 11, customs officials at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport made a shocking discovery: a 20-year-old ...

Animal trafficking threatens endangered species around the world. Tech companies and conservationists are joining forces to ...

EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done ...

Imported for the pet trade, veiled chameleons are now turning up in surprising places across Florida. Their ability to adapt makes them a textbook example of invasive species risk. Here, one is caught ...

Dr. Melissa Miller is a research scientist, wildlife ecologist with UF's school Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

It's a crisis that takes many forms. Experts issue warning after exotic creatures escape from hunting preserve: 'We hope that ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

“It is illegal to take any wildlife out of its Indigenous environment and keep it as a ‘pet’,” said Sharon Doucette, executive director of Urban Safari Rescue Society based in Surrey. The animal ...

The New Caledonian giant gecko, or Leachie, is the world's largest gecko, endemic to New Caledonia. These geckos exhibit ...