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Songbirds with unique colours are more likely to be traded as pets – new reserch

Songbirds with unique colours are more likely to be traded as pets – new reserch: An indigo flycatcher. Zhikai Liao, Author provided People like beautiful things. This comes as no surprise: beauty underpins highly profitable businesses, from cosmetics and art to the illegal wildlife trade, which reaps up to US$ 23 billion (£20 billion) annually …

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Africa’s large aquatic animals are being hunted and traded: we assessed the scale

Africa’s large aquatic animals are being hunted and traded: we assessed the scale: Hawksbill turtle. Photo by Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via GettyImages Across most of the world, and particularly in the tropics and subtropics, large wild aquatic animals – such as manatees, turtles and dolphins – are being hunted and traded. This is not a new …

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Burkina Faso coup: latest sign of a rise in the ballot box being traded for bullets

Burkina Faso coup: latest sign of a rise in the ballot box being traded for bullets: Former President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained Koch / MSC/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND When news broke that soldiers had mutinied in Burkina Faso, it was hardly surprising. Burkina Faso’s history has been plagued by both army mutinies …

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Reptiles: one in three species traded online – and 75% aren’t protected by international law

Reptiles: one in three species traded online – and 75% aren’t protected by international law: Rhinos, tigers, pangolins – we’re used to hearing about the mammals that are snatched from the wild so that their body parts can be sold. But did you know that you can buy and sell 36% of all known reptile …

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Blood oil: more than half of the oil traded across the world has been stolen

Blood oil: more than half of the oil traded across the world has been stolen: Dmitry Pichugin / shutterstock Donald Trump tweeted something true recently. Responding to the protests in Iran, the US president stated that “The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered.” Trump’s …

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