The world's most trafficked wild mammal, pangolins require huge amounts of care to rehabilitate. Here's how Stevie the ...

Commonly trafficked for their meat and pupported medicinal properties, pangolin numbers are declining rapidly. Their native habitats in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are also threatened by widespread ...

Small samples of DNA can reveal hotspots and trade routes in the illegal wildlife trade, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Sean Heighton and Philippe Gaubert of ...

There’s a lot scientists don’t know about the pangolin — a peculiar, scaly mammal that looks like a cross between an aardvark and an armadillo. Now, a new paper published in the journal Chromosome ...

Most people have never heard of the most illegally trafficked animal in the world - the pangolin. They're about the size of a cat, armored with a full body of scales, and they curl up into a ball when ...

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Despite being the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal — more than elephants, rhinos and tigers combined — pangolins remain virtually unknown to the public. These shy, scaly creatures are primarily ...