MOROGORO, Tanzania — Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With ...

Elephants, tigers, sharks and pangolins are only a few of the many animals pressured by the multi-billion-dollar industries of poaching and illegal wildlife trade. The intense demand for certain ...

Editor's note: An except of this piece appeared in Cog's newsletter. You can subscribe here. This year the United Nations World Wildlife Day (WWD) theme was “Conservation Finance: Investing in People ...