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 ...

An Oscar-winning director is releasing a new Netflix documentary looking at one of the world's most endangered animals ...

Experts say the study’s findings serve as another reason to conserve the scaly mammals and reintroduce them back into the wild. See All Key Ideas Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals ...

Pangolins are the only true scaly mammal on the planet and are estimated to be the most trafficked. As part of Monagabay’s ...

There are no other species quite like them in the animal kingdom. They are the world’s only truly scaly mammals, being covered in hundreds of individual scales comprised of keratin – similar ...

The small, scaly mammals found in Asia and Africa are very unassuming, but with the scales and meat in high demand in many countries, the species is the most poached and trafficked animal in the ...

Guwahati: As the world observes World Pangolin Day today, the population of these scaly mammals in Assam and northeast India face an unprecedented crisis due to their trafficking. Pangolins are ...

Press play, and you can help the cute scaly mammals fall in love. Perhaps you'll feel whimsical, or even a little happy. Consider this your dose of cold, hard reality: The pangolin -- a nocturnal ...