One of the animals targeted by poaching and illegal trade is Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). This species is traded for consumption of body parts, such as meat, tongue, skin, and scales which are ...

The scales can account for up to 20% of a pangolin's total body weight. A pangolin's scales are a reminder of the incredible diversity of adaptations in the natural world. Habitats: Pangolins ...

China accounts for the largest seizures of whole pangolins and scales, while the United States receives more shipments of processed body parts. Meanwhile, Europe – particularly Germany, France, ...

This time the pangolin isn’t interested. He flops on his side like a toddler about to throw a tantrum. He curls his body around the boot of the caretaker, who bends down and gently tries to peel ...

where their metabolism and body temperature drop slightly, but they don’t fall into a deep sleep. Chinese pangolins are the only pangolin species known to overwinter. Each year, an individual ...

[4] Its common name, pangolin, comes from the Malay word, pengguling, meaning “one who rolls”. This refers to the animal’s habit of rolling its body up when threatened. [6] In Chinese ...

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.

In Taiwan, a Formosan pangolin travels through a land of giants, including a bamboo forest alight with fireflies and an olive plantation, to discover a protected forest and a mate. His species is ...

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 ...

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 ...