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 ...

The reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. In the bustling Jatinegara market in Jakarta, cages are stacked three metres high, holding creatures from all corners of Indonesia and ...

Remember the raccoon dog? The adorable fox-like critter made headlines in the spring of 2023, when it was implicated in some preliminary research on the source of the virus that causes COVID-19.

A bison bull grazes in the fog in Yellowstone National Park. A bison bull grazes in the fog in Yellowstone National Park. Jon G. Fuller—VWPics/Universal Images Group/ Getty Images Contributor Here is ...

A new analysis of genetic material gathered from a live-animal market in Wuhan in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens the case that the outbreak originated there when the coronavirus ...

The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. That theory is now supported by a new ...

The animal was pulled out by its tail by a Chicago Animal Care and Control official and “safely” taken into custody Chicago Animal Care & Control A coyote was found and removed from an unexpected ...

A convoy of vehicles carrying investigators from the World Health Organization enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. (Ng Han Guan / ...