Born in captivity or stolen from the wild: How exotic animals become pets in Europe Every year, birds, reptiles and thousands more exotic animals are brought into the European Union. The vast majority ...

Although Costa Rica is committed to protecting wildlife, unscrupulous individuals continue to violate the rules and insist on keeping wild animals as pets. The National System of Conservation Areas ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Todd Wilkinson's recent commentary, "Game Farm 'Nature' Photos Misleading" (Oct. 20), has ...

Several species native to Southeast Asia are currently being threatened by pet trade; from trading monkeys and slow lorises, to song birds and owls, to geckos and turtles, the pet trade is one of the ...

The debate over the future of zoos in the UK has intensified after the Green Party reaffirmed its policy calling for the abolition of traditional zoos.

Meerkats are small, big-eyed, highly social mongooses who live in South Africa in packs ranging from two to more than 30 individuals in which complex social networks and social hierarchies regulate ...