A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 million years ago. This rodent is called the Laotian rock rat. The discovery ...

Throughtout the week, the Lao Wildlife Enforcement Network inspected a property in Luang Prabang suspected of illegally trading protected wildlife products.

PHNOM PENH, June 21 (Bernama) -- A series of high-profile seizures of endangered animals and wildlife products along the borders of Laos and Thailand has exposed a thriving black market that is ...

From December 2012 to December 2013, biologists set up 39 camera traps in Xe Sap National Protected Area (NPA) located in southeastern Laos. Of all animals captured on photographs, Owston’s civet was ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Are tigers extinct in Laos? That’s the ...

It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife markets, but at the moment there is still no comprehensive understanding of how much people are ...

A mahout walks his elephant back to camp after bathing in the Mekong river near Luang Prabang. Credit: Luc Forsyth Subscribe for ads-free reading Luc Forsyth and Gareth Bright have set out on a ...