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

Scientists have developed a new DNA tracing technique that can identify where trafficked pangolins were originally poached.

DNA samples taken from a wide variety of animal sources can pinpoint hotspots of the illegal wildlife trade, utilizing a new technique.

Like any other clandestine industry, the illegal wildlife trade generates billions of dollars a year without much of a paper trail. Criminals operate under the cover of night, and money changes hands ...

Leading scientists, conservationists and government officials from across South Asia have gathered in Kathmandu for a ...

A new report published by TRAFFIC found that the illegal pangolin trade in the Philippines increased nine-fold in the last two years, with the authorities confiscating an estimated 6,894 pangolins ...

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As if pangolins weren’t already in trouble. The scaly, insect-eating mammals suddenly attracted global attention after being identified as a possible culprit for transmitting the novel coronavirus to ...

With Asian species dangerously depleted, global black markets have turned to Africa, and Nigeria has become the continent's pangolin trafficking 'hub'. Just Nigeria-linked pangolin seizures in the ...

Findings reported in the Chinese media suggest that the novel coronavirus that has led to more than 1,000 deaths could have been transmitted to humans from bats via pangolins. These shy nocturnal ...