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For about $15, customers can spend up to 30 minutes with teacup pigs in Tokyo’s Mipig Cafe

Mini pigs are now the latest craze in Japan, with one Tokyo cafe offering customers the chance to pet them for a small cost. It's a hit: Opened in Meguro ward as the country's first pig cafe in 2019, Tokyo's Mipig Cafe is one of about 10 such cafés in the city that feature miniature pigs, much like how cat or dog cafes operate, according to the Associated Press. Despite not spending any money on advertising, the cafe reportedly receives a steady stream of customers, who all h...

All pangolin species are now endangered due to the illegal trade of their scales across the world. Efforts to understand the trade and conserve the sp....

Scientists say southern Cameroon is emerging as poaching hotspot for endangered animals whose scales are prized in traditional Chinese medicineGenetic testing method can reduce time between seizing pangolin parts, tracing trade routes and cracking down on traffickers, according to researchers

Scientists say southern Cameroon is emerging as poaching hotspot for endangered animals whose scales are prized in traditional Chinese medicineGenetic testing method can reduce time between seizing pangolin parts, tracing trade routes and cracking down on traffickers, according to researchers

Scientists say southern Cameroon is emerging as poaching hotspot for endangered animals whose scales are prized in traditional Chinese medicine.

Researchers have found hundreds of different species of birds, reptiles, and mammals at 142 animal cafes in Japan, including some that are critically endangered and those that are prohibited from international trade

It’s possible to enjoy a coffee while an owl perches on your head in Japan. But visitors may not realise many such cafes put their own and public health at risk.

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes.