Known for its armor-like scales, the Chinese pangolin is highly threatened due to illegal wildlife trade. Extremely rare in India, Manas remains one of the few places where this shy, nocturnal ...

via Wikimedia Commons Pangolins have a distinctive appearance due to their armor-like scales made of keratin. Found in Africa and Asia, they roll into a ball when threatened to protect themselves from ...

Pangolins are solitary, elusive creatures with bodies covered in protective keratin scales. These nocturnal animals have become famous for their insectivorous diet, using long, sticky tongues to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

KARACHI: The population of the Indian pangolin - Manis Crassicaudata in the country has plummeted due to poaching, illegal trade, habitat destruction, retaliatory killings, and climate change ...

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 ...

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.

Bhubaneswar: Nomadic groups from Chhattisgarh are behind the smuggling of endangered pangolins from Odisha, Wildlife Society of Odisha (WSO), an NGO working for wildlife conservation, has claimed.