Inside the Fight Against the Growing Cactus Black Market
The booming succulent market is creating wide-scale theft of cacti from national parks. Can microchip tracking solve the problem?
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OMG, Who Wants Some #RhinoHorn?
Social media and e-commerce sites are the new battlegrounds for the illegal wildlife trade.
The Organ Detective: A Career Spent Uncovering a Hidden Global Market in Human Flesh
Tracking the organ trade, anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes visited African and South American dialysis units, organ banks, police morgues, and hospitals. She interviewed surgeons, patient's rights activists, pathologists, nephrologists, and nurses. So why aren't more people listening to her?
Strange Cargo: Is Legalizing the Trade of Exotic Animal Products the Only Way to Slow It?
Gall bladders, Tibetan antelope wool, musk pods, ivory tusks, pounds and pounds of frog fat—these are just some of the items being smuggled into the U.S. that are, among other things, dangerous to our health.
How Americans Cheat the Argentinean Economy
As the Argentinean government tries to limit the number of American dollars in circulation, a black market has taken the place of the official exchange.