Tuataras may look like your average lizard, but they’re not.

It’s almost surprising when anything other than novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) makes international headlines, but the gruesome deaths of 350 odd elephants in Botswana broke through.

An investigation into the global trade in pangolins has found evidence of inaccurate record keeping and loopholes that allowed the commercial trade to continue beyond an international ban. 

At current rates of loss to poaching, rhino species will be extinct within our lifetimes.

Lion, jaguar and leopard body parts are being increasingly sought as substitutes to tiger products by traffickers, a major UN report has found, but demand for ivory and rhino horn has shown signs of a sustained fall.

Of all Africa’s big cats, leopards are objectively the picture of perfection.