Gallery: A New Website That Lets Tipsters Report Wildlife Crimes

  • Image may contain Sea Outdoors Nature Ocean Water Animal Turtle Reptile Sea Life Shoreline Coast and Beach
    Photos by Scott R. Benson, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center
    01

    leatherback-scottbenson-noaa

    Poaching of leatherback turtle eggs and incidental catching of adults in fishing nets has led to a crash of the Pacific leatherback population.
  • Image may contain Bird Animal Parrot and Parakeet
    Photos by Paul Reynolds/Flickr
    02

    thick-billed-parrots

    Poaching of thick-billed parrots from Mexico for the illegal pet trade is one of the primary reasons the species is down to a few thousand birds.
  • Image may contain Animal Wildlife Rhino Mammal and Elephant
    Photos by USFWS
    03

    rhinos-16x9

    Poaching of the white rhino for the ivory in its horns has reduced the northern subspecies to just seven individuals.
  • Image may contain Animal Reptile Sea Life Turtle and Wildlife
    Photos by David Brossard/ Flickr
    04

    pangolin

    Pangolins are a popular type of bush meat in Africa, and some Chinese people believe their scales can cure cancer or asthma. Though the species is protected by an international ban on trade, two species are endangered and illegal meat is still being sold.
  • Image may contain Animal Mammal Wildlife and Otter
    Photos by Carlita/Wikimedia Commons
    05

    800px-Lontra-longicaudis-2

    The fur of the endangered neotropical river otter makes it a popular poaching target in Mexico.
  • Image may contain Animal Wildlife Tiger and Mammal
    Photos by Joe Millmoe/FWS
    06

    sumatran-Tiger

    Poaching accounts for as much as 78 percent of Sumatran tiger deaths, according to the World Wildlife Foundation. There are fewer than 400 of these tigers left in the wild, all of them on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra
  • Image may contain Animal Wildlife Elephant and Mammal
    Photos by Megan Coughlin/Flickr
    07

    11330864553-82160a8f8d-h

    Elephant tusks are prized for their ivory, and elephant poaching [is not slowing down](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/slaughter-of-the-african-elephants.html). Recently, the United States [destroyed its entire ivory inventory](http://www.fws.gov/le/elephant-ivory-crush.html) in an effort to reduce the material’s market value and appeal. [Other countries are doing the same](http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/07/au-revoir-france-crushes-its-ivory/).
Read More
Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims
Named “Volta-Autodoxer,” the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login credentials and credit card numbers to Discord sessions and UberEats receipts.
Lily Hay Newman
Light Up Your Home Like Christmas With These Smart String Lights
Glow up your home indoors or out with these versatile, discounted, full color smart string lights. They’re WIRED-tested and 25 percent off right now.
Simon Hill
There’s a Completely New Type of Whisky. It’s French and Made in Concrete Eggs
The founders of Maison Lineti are, in a world first, making single malt whisky as if it were wine—and the spirit world is mighty impressed.
Jeremy White
Power Outages Are No Match for This Fridge Battery
Backup by BioLite is designed to power your fridge when the grid goes down. It works, but protecting your ice cream doesn’t come cheap.
Christopher Null
Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet
Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.
Paresh Dave
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Emily Mullin
Get Bose QC Headphones at Their Lowest Price Ever
They’re a steal at over 40 percent off in multiple colors. Plus, other great Bose deals you should know about ahead of Black Friday.
Harry Rabinowitz
The Keurig Alta Brewer Can Do It All, With No Plastic Pods
This multifaceted home coffee brewer and its new AltaRounds will make you rethink everything you know about Keurig machines.
Louryn Strampe
Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out
In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.
Claire L. Evans
Sunrise Alarm Clocks to Help You Adjust to Shorter Days
I’ve never been a morning person. This bedside gadget is the only thing that’s ever changed that.
Nena Farrell
White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green
Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.
Petr Kubala
Wayfair Coupons for November 2026
Get 10% off with Wayfair promo code, up to 80% off furniture, and more top coupons.
Molly Higgins