If the pangolin went to high school, it would be the drama geek -- elusive, nocturnal, rarely appreciated and barely understood. When it's frightened, it actually curls up into a roly-poly ball.

It was about being in the right place at the right time with a good lens. The result of this encounter was some very puzzled young lions, which knew there was food inside the ball but simply couldn’t ...

If the pangolin went to high school, it would be the drama geek -- elusive, nocturnal, rarely appreciated and barely understood. When it's frightened, it actually curls up into a roly-poly ball.

When a pangolin mother is afraid, she rolls into a ball, protecting her soft, peach-fuzz belly and her baby with the armor of her scales. It’s good defense against a lion, but it’s about the ...

The Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department, in cooperation with the Chu Yang Sin National Park in Dak Lak Province in ...

These shy, fascinating creatures are the only mammals which are covered in scales. When they are scared, they roll into a ball - effective against natural predators but easy picking for poachers.

Pangolins could go extinct before most people ... roll up into an impregnable ball when threatened. Of the eight extant species, four occur in sub-Saharan Africa and four inhabit parts of Asia ...