Pangolins are vital for the ecosystem but face severe threats due to illegal trafficking and habitat destruction, requiring ...

The pangolin possesses none of the cachet of better-known animals that are hot on the international black market. It lacks the tiger’s grace, the rhino’s brute strength. If the pangolin went ...

Pangolins are solitary creatures, most are nocturnal and highly secretive; thus it is difficult for scientists to study them in the wild, and many mysteries remain about their behavior and habits.

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

The small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ...

Their other "unique trait" is that they are the most trafficked wild animal in the world ... in traditional medicine that requires the use of pangolin meat and scales. This has pushed many ...

The scaly mammals are consumed in China as a luxury meat, and pangolin scales are used in traditional Chinese ... The Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment at Lewis & Clark Law School is ...