Global Wildlife Trade Fuels Spread of Disease From Animals to People

Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products ...

The longer a species stays in the wildlife trade, the more dangerous it becomes. A new study explains why

A study finds that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species ...
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Oregon State University study finds more than 3,500 animal species threatened by climate change

The scientists analyzed nearly 71,000 wild animal species — from corals to reptiles, insects to mammals — assessed by the IUCN Red List and categorized them according to climate-related threats they ...
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Global wildlife trade is an enormous market – the US imports billions of animals from nearly 30,000 species

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents inspect a shipment of reptiles at the Port of Miami. U.S. GAO When people think of wildlife trade, ...
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Wild Animals Are Adapting to City Life in Surprising Ways, Scientists Reveal

Studies show that animals living in urban environments around the world exhibit common sets of behaviors. At the same time, ...
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Saving wild species is saving ourselves

We all experience the presence of wild animals in our daily lives - whether it be the song of a garden bird, or the fish on our plate at dinner time. Yet, we rarely consider the vital roles that the ...
The Conversation

Global wildlife trade is an enormous market – the US imports billions of animals from nearly 30,000 species

When people think of wildlife trade, they often picture smugglers sneaking in rare and endangered species from far-off countries. Yet most wildlife trade is actually legal, and the United States is ...