The Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) met in early February in preparation for the 20 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties...

A dramatic die-off of vultures in India due to accidental poisoning was associated with a greater than 4 percent increase in human death rates from 2000 to 2005. Such was the finding of a study...

South America’s Pantanal—one of the world’s most biodiverse regions—is burning with a ferocity not seen in the historic record, with devastating suffering and death inflicted on the wild animals who live there. The fires began...

When a black bear mother and two cubs came into her yard to eat from the fruit trees, an elderly woman in rural Montana called the local wildlife agency manager. The manager was overloaded with...

The Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA), a bill championed by AWI, was signed into law by President Biden in December 2022, marking an incredible step forward for both public safety and animal welfare in...

In July, Caroline Griffin, vice chair of AWI’s board of directors, and Robin Jacobsohn, AWI’s general counsel, participated in the inaugural International Animal Law Commission Seminar, hosted by the International Association of Lawyers. This two-day...

Hugh Warwick, a British ecologist, has spent decades studying his favorite species, the hedgehog. In his fourth book, Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation, Warwick shifts his focus to examine the...

In June, a committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that long-tailed macaques (LTMs) will continue to be classified as “endangered” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species while the...

As juvenile birds fledge the nest, and hundreds of species of birds begin their annual migration to their winter habitats, this time of year presents the perfect opportunity to start protecting birds from one of...

Noninvasive genetic tools are commonly used in conservation programs because they help practitioners address practical questions—such as estimating population size and reconstructing ancestries—without having to use stressful capture methods. Wolves across North America have benefited...