While the poaching and smuggling of sea snails may not excite the same public outrage as the high-profile ivory trade ... animal like an elephant or a rhino. But the impact of organised crime ...

Global demand for the horns fuels both crude poaching networks in southern African countries (the heartland of the black rhino) and larger organised crime networks. Photojournalist Brent Stirton is ...

Poaching crews often pay trackers to ... is that ivory and horn are the same. Ivory is an elephant's tooth, while rhino horn is keratin, similar to a horse's hoof. When an elephant's tusk is ...

Welsh non-profit Dogs4Wildlife trains dogs to support anti-poaching units in their efforts to protect endangered wildlife ...

Police in Mozambique have seized 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory and rhino horn -- the ... South Africa has been hit with a sharp rise in rhino poaching in recent years, with numbers at record ...

"American Pie" star Shannon Elizabeth discovered her purpose, and her husband, after she moved to South Africa to focus on ...

Guwahati: In what has triggered a major controversy and outrage among conservationists and educators, a class 4 NCERT maths textbook has displayed surprising illustrations and misinformation about ...

Rhino poaching statistics released today by the South African government reveal that a record 668 rhinos were killed across the country in 2012, an increase of nearly 50 per cent from the 448 rhinos ...

(A pair of ivory chopsticks in China costs more than ... If the current rate of elephant and rhino poaching continues, many scientists believe these species and many others could be extinct ...

"This successful seizure highlights, once again, a flow of illegal ivory through Thailand and Malaysia. Customs authorities from both these countries must work with their counterparts in Africa to ...