Conservationists call to stop illegal trade of bushmeat and protect animals. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Dec. 11, 2009— -- Wild elephants are one of the most aggressive and feared animals in the ...

An exotic food product known as “bushmeat” is showing up increasingly at one of the nation’s busiest airports and U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the mystery meat is potentially deadly.

The bushmeat market in the city of Malabo is bustling—more so today than it was nearly two decades ago, when Gail Hearn, PhD, began what is now one of the region’s longest continuously running studies ...

Customs and Border Protection officers say they have noticed a significant uptick in Saint Paul International Airport passengers returning from abroad with bushmeat. The ruminant meat can carry ...

Bushmeat is believed to be the origin of the current Ebola outbreak. The first victim's family hunted bats, which carry the virus. Could the practice of eating bushmeat, which is popular across Africa ...

Here’s some bad news if you were planning to celebrate the new year by dining on a hodgepodge of "bushmeat." U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Newark Liberty International Airport in New ...

Bushmeat hunting may be hurting the balance of the natural ecosystem and destroying food security for nations around the world. New numbers are in from the International Union for the Conservation of ...

Less than three miles from Yankee Stadium, the colorful storefronts of African markets lining the Grand Concourse are some of the first signs of a bustling Bronx community that includes immigrants ...

“There’s a live animal caught in a poacher’s snare!” yelled Isaac Maina as he took off running through the bush to reach it. Maina leads the African Network for Animal Welfare’s monthly “desnaring” ...

Bushmeat is widely eaten and sold across Africa, though it varies whether it is legal. The trade is typically allowed where people are permitted to hunt, as long as their prey isn't endangered and ...

U.S. Customes and Border Patrol has identified a trend of passengers returning from Africa declaring “bushmeat” as “fish.” The product is considered illegal and dangerous. US Customs photo An exotic ...