Growing demand for live coral in China incentivises smuggling

There are more than 800 species of stony reef-building corals in the world, and close to half are threatened with extinction. In 2024,...

Jul 2, 20256 min read

Hybridisation on Chinese fish farms poses a risk for wild sturgeon

China is now the world’s largest producer of farmed sturgeon, but rampant hybridisation in pursuit of high yields of meat and caviar may...

Mar 16, 20234 min read

Napoleon wrasse are an iconic species of fish that inhabit the waters around the coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. A...

Jan 26, 20236 min read

Chinese customs have recently been posting on their social media channels numerous notices of seizures of live insects and arachnids. The...

Nov 23, 20223 min read