Researchers spotted it while searching for pangolin poachers in the forest patch ... Weighing a mere 900 grams, it appeared in front of one of the seven camera traps installed in the forest ...

If you touch them, they go into a ball, like a pangolin ... are hung in front of houses, as it is believed to ward off evil forces,” he says. The paper notes that hedgehogs are also increasingly ...

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

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 ...

Pangolins are unique as they are the only mammal to be covered in scales. Even though they are scaly, photos of them are typically met with "awwws" from the viewers, who find them adorable.

Indian scientists have proposed a new pangolin species, Manis indoburmanica, based on genetic analysis, suggesting it diverged from the Chinese pangolin 3.4 million years ago, though some experts ...

Alexis Kriel, the co-chair of the African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), has one word to describe pangolins: “magical”. The elusive animals — the world’s only scaly mammal — have a way ...

EVERY three minutes a pangolin is killed and now China, one of the countries where pangolins are sought after for their scales, has mooted a conservation plan aimed at a drastic reduction in poaching.

To our amazement, a pangolin strolled into the scene. Big mistake. The older females showed little interest but the young lions were onto it. The pangolin did what pangolins do best.

An estimated one million of the animals also known as scaly anteaters were poached worldwide over the last decade, mainly due to demand for their scales, particularly in Asia. In addition to ...