The illegal pet trade hurts ecosystems. Exotic animals often escape from homes or are released by their owners. They become invasive species and affect animals native to Florida and their ecosystems.

Texas does not have laws that ban owning a primate. But the law does specify endangered species cannot be kept as pets and ...

and then non-endangered species are exploited until these, too, become endangered. Domestic wildlife trade in the US is practiced for the exotic pet trade, to supply laboratories and schools with ...

According to the University of Florida, "Due to Florida's prominence in the exotic pet trade, iguanas imported as pets have ...

Florida’s latest invasive species is a 4-foot-long South American lizard with ... Burmese pythons, which also arrived via the exotic pet trade, have devastated several mammal populations in the ...

The pet trade has been connected to declines and local extinctions of reptile species in the wild. The exotic pet trade in the United States is among the largest in the world, involving hundreds of ...

Chinese Ministry of State Security. China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Sunday issued a warning about the ...

Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) is a well-established exotic invasive plant from northern Asia and Europe. Its unique characteristics allow it to outcompete many locally native plant species ...

The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle from Asia that feeds on all native ash trees in New York. After being accidentally transported to the U.S. in infested crates, it has killed millions of ash ...