The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently broke up an alleged illegal poaching front in Los Angeles ...

While enormous rats might be many people's nightmare, these huge rodents could be a key weapon in the battle against the trading of illegal wildlife goods. African giant pouched rats can be trained to ...

A local government in South Africa has said that its elephant population has become too large, but its plan to reduce numbers has drawn sharp criticism. Mongabay reports that the North West Parks and ...

In the past, African giant pouched rats have learned to detect explosives and the tuberculosis-causing pathogen. Now, a team of researchers have trained these rats to pick up the scent of pangolin ...

Poachers and wildlife traffickers go to great lengths to disguise their contraband products so they can smuggle them out of a country. They’ll paint ivory tusks black, or coat them in chocolate and ...