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

Six individuals were apprehended in Maharashtra's Jalna district for attempting to sell a pangolin for Rs 30 lakh. Under the ...

By focusing on a single animal, as she did with her Oscar-winning My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich offers an intimate and ...

Despite being an endangered species and protected by an international trade ban, pangolins – also known as scaly anteaters – remain highly sought-after in China and Southeast Asia. Their scales, ...

These cities may have become key transit points in the illegal pangolin-scale trade due to factors such as Bozhou’s Chinese herbal medicine industry; the strategic border locations of Chongzuo ...

A staggering number of birds, turtles, reptiles, primates, and big cats were seized. While China officially banned the use of pangolin scales in traditional medicine in 2020, it remains the largest ...

Much of this is due to their high value for use in traditional medicine that requires the use of pangolin meat and scales. This has pushed many pangolin species to the brink of extinction.

Six persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly trying to sell a pangolin for Rs 30 lakh in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, a forest department official said. Pangolins, which are scaly anteaters, ...

The scales are used extensively in traditional Chinese medicine. At the 78th meeting of the UN CITES Standing Committee last week, China introduced a proposal, Pangolin Conservation In China ...

Image by zambezi via Depositphotos Despite their innocuous nature, pangolins face a dire threat from illegal wildlife trade. Poachers target them for their scales, which are falsely believed to ...