Eat Them or Extradite Them - What to Do With Pablo Escobar's Hippos?

Colombia's hippos are a well-documented problem. Growing astonishingly fast in number, potentially devastating to the local ecosystem and perhaps lethal to humans, plenty of solutions have been proposed.

Cuba Quietly Admits to Wildlife Trafficking Problem

Though Cuba's illegal animal trade rarely makes headlines, its government has quietly raised alarms with a new wildlife trafficking law.

3 Security Challenges Facing Peru’s Incoming President

In arguably the most polarizing election Peru has seen in its history, voters have selected, by a razor-thin margin, a leftist rural school teacher over the daughter of a former…

Chinese Fishing Fleet Still Baits Argentina

China’s distant-water fishing fleet is once again engaging in suspicious and potentially illegal fishing near Argentinean waters, demonstrating the limits of both regional and Chinese government attempts to rope in…

Loophole Spurs Large-Scale Land Grabs in Brazil

A government registry in Brazil has been used to designate millions of hectares of Amazon forest as rural lands, in a process that critics say fuels state-sanctioned land grabs and…

Timber Mafias at Ecuador’s Borders Cash in on Balsa Boom

Timber mafias operating along Ecuador’s borders with Peru and Colombia have been profiting from thriving demand for balsa wood.

No Sloth Selfies - The Rush to Protect Latin America's Slowest Mammal

While Latin America is home to the trafficking of all manner of species, several foundations are working to save arguably its slowest-moving victims: the sloths.

Convoys of Stolen Wood - Widespread Theft in Chile's Logging Industry

A spate of arrests targeting truck drivers carrying stolen wood have highlighted how the province of Arauco is at the heart of increases in timber trafficking across Chile.

Brazil's Environmental Agencies Linked to Trafficking of Amazon Wood

The environment minister under investigation. The head of the environmental protection agency suspended. The Brazilian government is facing its strongest accusations to date…

Donkey Skin Trafficking on Colombia’s Northern Coast

When hundreds of skinned donkeys appeared on Colombia’s northern coast without explanation, locals, and later authorities, started asking questions.

The Illegal Sea Cucumber Trade in Kaukira, Honduras

Both banks of the salty canal near the town of Kaukira show e vestiges of the boom-bust nature of life in this area. A pair of abandoned, two-story buildings lie…

Peru's Turtle Traffickers Operate Under Veneer of Legality

The taricaya turtle conservation program in northern Peru has been heralded as bringing an endangered species back from the brink of extinction while protecting millions of hectares of rainforest from…