Washington, DC—Today, on World Wildlife Day, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...

Rhinos are endangered animals. In fact, there are fewer than 14,000 in the wild. Poachers regularly target the animals ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, often referred to as CITES (SIGH-teez), is an agreement between governments that regulates the international trade ...

In a recent study published in the journal The Lancet’s Microbe, researchers investigate Enterobacterales species resistance to colistin in Pakistan. Moreover, the researchers report on colistin ...

With fewer than 7,000 cheetahs left in the wild, Dr. Laurie Marker has spent decades building programs around the world to ...

Panama City, Panama—As the world faces an unprecedented loss of biodiversity, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), joined by about 60 other animal protection and conservation organizations, helped ...

Tamarins are a rare success story in the world of animal conservation. Find out what brought them back from the brink.

The heads of tigers that were confiscated by U.S authorities line shelves in the National Wildlife Property Repository at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Commerce City, Colorado. The repository is the ...

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

As apex predators, lions (Panthera leo) roam the African savanna, and occasionally even the rainforests, as the only social big cats. A small, isolated population of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo ...

Neil D’Cruze works for an international NGO, World Animal Protection as the Global Head of Wildlife Research. Angie Elwin works for an international NGO, World Animal Protection as a Wildlife Research ...

Donkeys in the West tend to be associated with petting zoos and hobby farms, but around the world, these sturdy animals support the livelihoods of some 500 million people. In Africa especially, where ...