A series of high-profile seizures of endangered animals and wildlife products along the borders of Laos and Thailand has exposed a thriving black market that is harming countless species in the wild.

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 million years ago. This rodent is called the Laotian rock rat. The discovery ...

Throughtout the week, the Lao Wildlife Enforcement Network inspected a property in Luang Prabang suspected of illegally trading protected wildlife products.

Southeast Asia is a hotspot for illegal wildlife trade. Nonprofits with hotlines to report trafficking produce an outsized impact in saving animals. Pangolins are the world's most trafficked mammal.