Despite international trade bans, it is estimated that one pangolin is poached every three minutes, primarily to supply illegal markets in Asia and for bushmeat consumption in Africa. At the 78th ...

Authorities foiled a trafficking plot that would have seen over a million dollars' worth of illegal pangolin scales being smuggled out of Indonesia, the Associated Press reported. The traffickers were ...

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 ...

The name ‘pangolin’ comes from the Malay word pengguling, meaning ‘one who rolls up’. When threatened, pangolins curl into a tight ball, shielding their stomach and face, making them nearly ...

Kumasi, Feb. 19, GNA – Bush meat sellers at Atwemonom, a localized market centre for bush meat sales in Kumasi, have pledged to rally behind the government and stakeholders to halt the illegal trade ...

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 ...

To our amazement, a pangolin strolled into the scene. Big mistake. The older females showed little interest but the young lions were onto it. The pangolin did what pangolins do best.

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Although pangolins are protected by both national and international laws, including the 2016 ban on international commercial trade, high demand… Wild Africa has urged both the Nigerian ...

Olajumoke Morenikeji, a professor at the Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan (UI) maintained that the youths must harness the power of AI for the preservation of wildlife, especially ...

The population of the Indian pangolin has drastically plummeted in Pakistan due to a variety of factors, mainly poaching, illegal trade, habitat loss, retaliatory killings and climate change. The ...

An estimated one million of the animals also known as scaly anteaters were poached worldwide over the last decade, mainly due to demand for their scales, particularly in Asia. In addition to ...