![]() ![]() We searched these marketplaces for keywords relating to wildlife trade and species names. We found over 3,000 advertisements selling wildlife species on dark web marketplaces between 20. For instance, the frog toxin kambo used in the ritual that killed a Mullumbimby woman in 2019 is still sold openly. Why aren't traders in illegal wildlife using the dark web? Mainly because the trade in illegally traded animals and animal parts is not hidden-it's all over the open internet. There were only a small number of advertisements offering vertebrates such as the infamous Colorado River toad, which faces poaching pressure because its skin secretes psychoactive toxins as a defense. These were almost entirely plants and fungi with psychoactive effects, indicating they are part of the well-known dark web drug trade. The result? Across 51 dark web marketplaces, we found 153 species being sold. We wanted to see what types of wildlife were being sold there. Most people associate the dark web with illicit drug marketplaces. ![]() In our new research, we probed the dark web-the secretive section of the internet deliberately set up out of view of search engines. It puts yet more pressure on nature, adds to biodiversity loss and threatens biosecurity, sustainable development and human well-being globally. Endangered birds with very few left in the wild. But alongside legal trade in wildlife, there's a dark twin-illegal trading of wildlife. ![]()
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