The 81-year-old breeder imported tissue from the Marco Polo argali sheep, the world's largest, from Kyrgyzstan.

A collection of 3,404 rare eggs have been seized in Granton, Tasmania, after a European operation into the illegal bird trade.

The traveller was caught with "living snakes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours", officials say.

How endangered species are smuggled out of Africa and what is being done to prevent it.

Six Indian nationals have been arrested for attempting to smuggle dozens of animals out of Thailand.

Animal welfare charities welcome the African Union decision to ban the donkey skin trade across the continent.

The Brazilian woman was arrested at the international airport in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.

A criminal group had planned to export the reptiles to Hong Kong for lucrative sums, police say.