The creature is being trafficked across Africa and Asia to fuel a steady demand for their scales, an ingredient in unproven ...

Pangolins are trafficked both for their scales ... but it’s about the worst thing to do when your predator is a human and can scoop you up with bare hands. Tamuda and his mother came to the ...

I had friends who spoke to me on the phone with such familiarity and erudition about the pangolin that I began to think it might be a relative of theirs. Exactly five years ago, everything fell apart.

The Chinese Pangolin is one of two species that researchers have now provided high-quality, nearly gapless genome sequences and analyzed these for information to aid in conservation of these animals.

The history of pangolin exploitation is deeply rooted in Asian cultural practices and traditional medicine. For centuries, their scales - made of keratin, the same material as human fingernails ...

At least 1200 pangolins were found in illegal trade between 2018 and 2022, along with nearly 1000 kg of pangolin scales—which means close to 2,000 pangolins were killed in just a few years.

The recent arrest of two individuals in Kathmandu with 770 grams of pangolin scales—ironically, on the eve of World Wildlife ...

A study of Chinese court records from 2010 to 2023 found that pangolin scale seizures peaked in 2018 and have since declined; while the authors attribute this to increased enforcement and public ...

By focusing on a single animal, as she did with her Oscar-winning My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich offers an intimate and ...

Rescued pangolins receive medical care before being released into the wild, far from human activity. To ensure safe transportation during rescues, the Pangolin Crisis Fund has distributed ...

In a surprising discovery, a camera trap set up near a human-dominated landscape in Pune’s grasslands and farmlands has captured an image of the Indian pangolin. The sighting highlights how ...