KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- In the tropics and subtropics, families and communities frequently rely on bushmeat for food security as well as basic income. So, while the harvest and trade of wildlife are ...

A potentially dangerous virus is moving from nonhuman primates to Africans who hunt and eat wild animals, a new study suggests. Scientists say reducing people’s consumption of wild-animal meat could ...

Declining fish stocks are fuelling a multibillion-dollar bushmeat trade in West Africa. It's a trend that is threatening the survival of dozens of wildlife species, and EU fishing agreements with ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The coronavirus has rocked the foundations of societies across the globe. Since the virus originated in wildlife, there has been public outcry ...

A rare species was spotted. Scientists can now use camera traps, instead of bushmeat hunters, to find an animal’s whereabouts. Camera traps, devices used to capture wildlife using motion sensors, are ...

Content warning: This article reports on violence against endangered animals. Critically endangered animals are being advertised for sale as bushmeat on TikTok, a new study finds. The work, published ...

The campaign against bushmeat trade in Cameroon received a boost recently when three winners in a Video Scriptwriting Competition for use in raising awareness against Bushmeat Trade were announced on ...

Covid-19 and the associated global economic, health and societal distortions have shed light on the alarming threat of infectious diseases emerging at an increasing rate. Around 60 percent of emergent ...

MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) - Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Though he works for a government agency, he says ...

On the lush plains of Congo's Virunga National Park last week, the convoy of porters rounded the final hill and trooped into camp. They gently set down the wooden frame they had carried for miles, and ...

A recent article outlines how researchers with the measured the attitudes, practices and zoonoses awareness among community members associated with the bushmeat trade in northern Uganda. In the ...