China has added 517 species to its list of major protected wild animals, part of its campaign in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to end the wild animal trade and destruction of habitats.

China prosecuted more than 15,000 people for wildlife-related crimes in the first nine months of the year, up 66% from 2019, state prosecutors said, as authorities moved to enforce a trafficking ban ...

North Korea’s starving population has resorted to eating badgers and tigers to survive, a study has found.

A new study finds the hermit state’s own government and a thriving regional black market are driving the ecological collapse.