While efforts from the government, non-governmental organizations and all the other stakeholders have been able to curb the ...

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, ...

They also recommend more scientific studies on the pharmacological effects — or lack thereof — of pangolin scales to promote alternative treatments and reduce their use in medicine.

Bhubaneswar: It is forest fire season, and pangolins bred in Nandankanan zoo here might face food scarcity as its favourite ...

Indian Pangolin or Anteater (Manis crassicaudata) one of the most trafficked wildlife species in the world, eating its favourite food, ants with its long tongue.

In its latest submission to the 78th Meeting of the UN CITES Standing Committee (3-8 February 2025), China proposed a 90 per cent reduction in pharmaceutical and hospital use of pangolin scales by ...

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 ...

Under Chinese law, pharmaceutical companies are allowed to use pangolin scales in medicines if they come from domestic sources or if the scales come from stockpiles collected before international ...

The planet’s eight pangolin species — four in Africa and four in Asia — are all classified as vulnerable to critically endangered. Since 2014 the animals, which reproduce slowly and whose populations ...