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.

As insectivorous, burrowing mammals, pangolins play a key role in our ecosystem by controlling insect populations, recycling soil nutrients and sheltering other animals in their abandoned burrows.

A staggering number of birds, turtles, reptiles, primates, and big cats were seized. While China officially banned the use of pangolin scales in traditional medicine in 2020, it remains the largest ...

Despite international trade bans, it is estimated that one pangolin is poached every three minutes, primarily to supply illegal markets in Asia and for bushmeat consumption in Africa. At the 78th ...

The group, in commemoration of the World Pangolin Day held on February 15, also advocated support in updating Nigeria’s wildlife legislation to combat wildlife trafficking.

The creature is being trafficked across Africa and Asia to fuel a steady demand for their scales, an ingredient in unproven remedies A pangolin emerges from an underground tunnel at night at Save ...

GUNTUR: Deep in the heart of the Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR), a ground-breaking research mission is underway to save the elusive and endangered Indian Pangolin (Manis ...

Bush meat traders in the Ashanti region have made a commitment to stop selling pangolins to conserve the endangered species. The group has further pledged to raise awareness among hunters about ...

Five people, including two Limpopo police officers, were arrested in Stoffberg yesterday for the illegal trade in protected pangolins. The five, including two unnamed police officers of Limpopo ...

Just weeks later, an eight-kilo live pangolin, one of the mammals most vulnerable to poaching, was seized in Assam, along with thousands of pangolin scales in separate raids conducted in Madhya ...

For many, constant bad news numbs our reaction to climate disasters. But research suggests that a new type of immersive storytelling about nature told through virtual reality (VR) can both build ...