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 ...

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 ...

Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds, as well as some 300 kilograms of ivory, thousands of turtle eggs, and rhino ...

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 ...

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

During inspections, authorities found turtles bound and taped inside socks. Lin also mailed venomous snakes and other ...

Scientists analyzed the DNA of commercially available shark meat. The results were alarming for conservation.