This Scientific Reports Collection invites original research on human-wildlife conflict and coexistence, its consequences for biodiversity, ecosystem health, and the welfare of individual animals ...

This Scientific Reports Collection invites original research on human-wildlife conflict and coexistence, its consequences for biodiversity, ecosystem health, and the welfare of individual animals ...

As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows where the largest changes will occur.

Wildlife around the world is facing more challenges as human activities continue to grow. As people spend more time outdoors, ...

Once thought gone, the endangered Asiatic wild dog has returned to Assam’s forests. This rediscovery offers fresh hope for ...

This innovative research highlights the promise of human mobility data, measured via smartphones, as a transformative tool for tracking when and where people move across wild landscapes ...

Wildlife conservation can be challenging at the best of times. And when you throw competing human values into the mix, the protection of endangered species, in particular, becomes even more complex.

But wildlife trafficking includes a whole spectrum of illicit animal trade from poaching and smuggling to the distribution of protected and endangered species. There is also thriving illegal trade in ...

Wildlife trafficking is a crime against nature which occurs mainly because of consumer demand. Trafficking refers to the illegal smuggling and continued exploitation of wild animals, plants or timber.

Four men were recently arrested and fined for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Aiming to sell them as part of the exotic pet ...

Analysis - Four men were recently arrested and fined for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Aiming to sell them as part of the exotic pet trade, these ants were being stored ...