The pangolin isn’t equipped for attack — it’s designed for survival. Its scales, made of keratin (the same material as human ...

Pangolins may look more like reptiles, but they are mammals — the only mammals with scales. Since they also have long, sticky tongues and their main diet is ants and termites, scientists previously ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that seven species of pangolin be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Pangolins are often poached for their meat and scales. The World Wildlife ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that it plans to declare seven species of pangolin endangered, a move meant to stiffen penalties for those who poach and smuggle what are often ...

U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act. The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world” in ...

Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat -- rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine -- is driving West Africa's illegal hunting of one of the world's most ...

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A “high-level” wildlife trafficker was arrested in Nigeria after officials said they seized 179 bags of pangolin scales in what they called “a significant victory against transnational wildlife crime.

Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic pangolin species diverged from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). Long thought to be the ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed listing seven species of pangolins as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, a move that would strengthen trade and import ...