A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Eleven cheetah cubs were rescued from illegal trade in Somaliland in what a conservationist described on Thursday as “one of the largest confiscations of the species.” The cubs ...

The Malaysian purple-femur tarantula inhabits easily recognizable silk-sealed burrows in a hilly area of Malaysia that covers ...

The world's largest police organisation say a massive operation to try to stop illegal selling and transport of wildlife has led to nearly 30,000 animals being saved. Interpol - an organisation that ...

FILE -Giant leaf-tailed geckos hang on the wall of their cage, July 31, 2008, in Columbia, as S.C. Ed Diebold, director of animal collections at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, talks about the mating ...

FILE -In this May 2, 2020 photo, a marine iguana suns on the edge of a boardwalk in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. (AP Photo/Adrian Vasquez, File) FILE -In this May 2, 2020 photo, a marine ...