Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish

MEXICO CITY — Environmental watchdogs accused a Mexico-based startup Thursday of violating international trade law by selling a health supplement made from endangered totoaba fish to several countries including the U.S. and China. Advocates told The Associated Press they also have concerns that the company, The Blue Formula, could be selling fish that is illegally … Read more

As Mexico marks conservation day, advocates say it takes too long to list vulnerable species

MEXICO CITY — Residents of Mexico’s Caribbean reef island of Banco Chinchorro near Belize have hunted the meat and salmon-pink shells of queen conch for generations. As populations have shrunk in recent decades, Mexico has enforced limits and bans on catching the shellfish. The species has continued to decline despite these measures, which included a … Read more

Hippos Are in Hassle. Will ‘Endangered’ Standing Save Them?

“My view is that the US commerce [in hippo parts] is essentially a byproduct of different causes for killing,” says Crawford Allan, a wildlife commerce skilled with the World Wildlife Fund. In Africa, he says, “no person wastes something. So when you kill an animal as a result of it’s a hazard to your group, … Read more