Rachel Nuwer

If people are around, great apes usually aren't - even if the forest is otherwise intact. https://bit.ly/3kKfuZi  @sciam

For fish, sharks can be a deadly predator - or a living spa. https://bit.ly/3kIdLUi  @sciam

A taste for pangolin meat took down a wildlife trafficking kingpin in Malawi - setting an example for all of Africa. https://nyti.ms/2Z36OF6  @NYTScience

People have been looking for ways to relax, get high and feel good since forever: https://bit.ly/3aurZmi  @sciam

We've been dealing w the devastation of COVID for over 1.5 yrs now, yet the world still hasn't taken serious steps to address a primary source of future pandemic risk: the *legal* wildlife trade. There's still time, but the window is closing. https://bit.ly/3joZXOl  @bioGraphic

I had a fabulous time talking all things wildlife trade with the excellent podcaster extraordinaire, Jordan Harbinger. Thanks again for helping to get the word out!! https://jordanharbinger.com/545  @JordanHarbinger

What if we went back to the Greek tradition of Olympic athletes competing in the nude? https://bbc.in/3ryelpM  @BBC_Future

There's serious drama at play in the tiger conservation world: experts say a US govt-funded, CITES-commissioned report legitimizes and even promotes tiger farming. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/us-government-funded-tiger-farming-guidelines … @NatGeo

Traditional Chinese medicine is a major driver of decline for 1000s of species. In fact, it's not so traditional. Most animal-based meds in China today only came into being from the 50s on, as part of a profit-driven push to expand the industry. https://bit.ly/2Vwk1Vz  @undarkmag

At the height of the pandemic, birthday parties delivered the gift of Covid-19. https://bit.ly/3zLxwAg  @sciam

How respected zoos may indirectly play a role in wildlife trafficking, as illustrated by the case of an obscure lizard. https://on.natgeo.com/3vv12qv  @NatGeo

100+ years of research decoding elephant behavior is now at your fingertips! The first-of-its-kind, easily searchable multimedia database includes over 500 behaviors. https://bit.ly/3pDxNAz  @sciam @elephantvoices

Sex zombies, freaky fungi and bath salts - what more could one ask for in a science story? @sciamhttps://bit.ly/3i3zG81 

Cactus trafficking is a multimillion dollar global criminal enterprise and serious thorn in conservationists' sides - yet it's barely ever talked about. A huge recent bust of rare Chilean cactuses in Italy could change that. https://nyti.ms/33YeAj7  @NYTScience

The first rule of Bird Fight Club is.... https://bit.ly/3tqzjX5  @sciam

Formerly maligned as Ecstasy, MDMA may be approved for medical use as soon as 2023. Experts say it could revolutionize mental health care. @NYTScience @MAPShttps://nyti.ms/3b0AOVr 

Wildlife reporting's usually pretty depressing, but then sometimes you get to chat w @cher about her heartwarming crusade to give an elephant named #Kaavan another chance at life. https://bit.ly/3xej6Hz  @SmithsonianMag

As bad as 2020 was, most of us didn't have to deal with a biblical plague of locusts! A new technologically-driven approach that curtailed NJ-sized locust swarms in East Africa could change how we track climate-related disasters everywhere. https://nyti.ms/2PO7BFV  @NYTScience

66 million years ago, an asteroid killed all the dinosaurs but gave us the Amazon. Now, we're killing the Amazon. But unlike past mass extinction events, this one we're not powerless to stop. https://bit.ly/3maN36a  @sciam