Civet coffee is highly prized for its unique flavor and rarity, but consumption comes with ethical questions. Wildlife smuggling routes exist all throughout Asia as do criminal smuggling enterprises ...

The African civet — an animal closely related to the mongoose and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa — is among four mammals known to secrete scented compounds. Civets produce this “musk” to ...

This video likely shows the relatively common small Indian civet, not the critically endangered Malabar civet, but the specific species has yet to be confirmed. It's also unclear if this sighting was ...

The civet cat has a definite image problem. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Nine months ago, the animals were banished as suspected ...

If the idea of drinking civet cat coffee, which is made from feces from the Asian palm civet, is a turn-off, there may be yet another reason to rethink the drink. This week, People for the Ethical ...

There was something that didn't seem quite right at the coffee farm I stopped at in Bali. I was expecting the coffee plants and the tastings, as well as the gift shop at the end. But there was ...