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Parts of more than 1400 Tigers have been seized across Asia in the past 13 years, according to TRAFFIC's latest analysis of confiscations, which includes new data for 2010-2012. http://phys.org/news282208783.html Biology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:00:01 EST news282208783 The Wildlife Conservation Society, Zoological Society of London, and Endangered Wildlife Trust have joined representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), currently meeting in Bangkok, to highlight the plight of wild cheetahs threatened by the illegal pet trade. http://phys.org/news281971120.html Biology Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:20:09 EST news281971120 Dozens of weary Indonesian fishermen sail into a busy port on the resort island of Bali celebrating their lucrative and controversial haul that is destined to end up at Chinese banquets. http://phys.org/news281336531.html Biology Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:30:01 EST news281336531 Surrounded by sculptures carved from the white tusks of African elephants—which are being slaughtered in their tens of thousands—Beijing saleswoman Chen Yu says the ivory trade is thriving. http://phys.org/news281278247.html Biology Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:00:01 EST news281278247 Conservationists on Thursday called for sanctions against the world's top offender nations in the illegal ivory trade to tackle a surge in poaching of African elephants. http://phys.org/news280665234.html Biology Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news280665234 Singapore authorities said Wednesday they had intercepted 1.8 tonnes of ivory from Africa worth $2 million in the city-state's largest such haul in over a decade. http://phys.org/news278777966.html Biology Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:19:32 EST news278777966 The United States said Friday it would support proposals to curb the trade of five shark species and manta rays, whose numbers are declining because of demand for fins and gills. http://phys.org/news278341966.html Biology Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:13:38 EST news278341966 Officials in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have impounded more than 600 pieces of ivory, weighing two tonnes, officials said on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news277482142.html Biology Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:22:34 EST news277482142 The question of whether to extend a trade ban on African ivory is set for a vote at the next meeting of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES, the organisation said Friday. http://phys.org/news268668414.html Biology Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:20:01 EST news268668414 (Phys.org)—University of Florida researchers studying river turtles in Missouri found populations of the northern map turtle have not recovered from harvesting in the 1970s. http://phys.org/news267809206.html Biology Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:27:53 EST news267809206 Scores of endangered reptiles including turtles and a python that were smuggled into Hong Kong will be returned to their native Philippines on Wednesday, officials said. http://phys.org/news263014349.html Biology Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:33:35 EST news263014349 Kenyan rangers shot dead five suspected elephant poachers in a night-time firefight in the north of the country, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Saturday. http://phys.org/news254301131.html Biology Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:00:01 EST news254301131 UN wildlife trade regulator CITES said Wednesday that tougher limits should be imposed on trade of aquatic species such as corals, dolphins and sturgeons to protect them from extinction. http://phys.org/news251610335.html Biology Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:00:02 EST news251610335 Wildlife activists on Wednesday called for the orange-spotted Tokay Gecko to be protected under international laws following a spike in smuggling of the lizard, mainly for medicine in China. http://phys.org/news240670880.html Biology Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:01:30 EST news240670880 A French zoo has placed its white rhinos under video surveillance fearing poachers could kill them for their horns which can fetch hundreds of thousands of euros on the black market. http://phys.org/news239980887.html Biology Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:21:33 EST news239980887 Orangutan, lion and bear skulls were among hundreds of illegal wildlife products seized in a raid on a property in Sydney, the Australian environment department said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news232251300.html Biology Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:15:14 EST news232251300 The long-tailed macaque is being threatened with extinction by a huge surge in international trade and the destruction of its habitat in Southeast Asia, conservationists said on Friday. http://phys.org/news229948268.html Biology Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:50:02 EST news229948268 John Sellar is no comic book super hero, but judging by the criminals he deals with as the only policeman at the UN agency against illegal wildlife trade, he could well be one. http://phys.org/news168697589.html Biology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:50:01 EST news168697589