Shy, scaly, and unlike anything else on Earth, the pangolin is one of nature’s most fascinating hidden treasures. Find out ...

DESCRIPTION: Pangolins are mammals but are uniquely covered from head to tail with large, geometric scales made of keratin. Pangolins range in weight from just 4 pounds to a record 70 pounds.

By Ashoka Mukpo Nigerian officials have arrested a Chinese national suspected of masterminding a transnational smuggling ...

and a range of additional interventions are needed. These efforts include working with local communities and indigenous peoples that live alongside pangolins to help secure populations ...

The pangolin, now recognised as the world’s most trafficked mammal, is currently undergoing population collapse across South and Southeast Asia, primarily because of the medicinal value attributed to ...

Typically dried, ground into powder, and put into pills, pangolin scales are used in a range of traditional Chinese remedies, from treatments to help mothers with lactation to relief for arthritis ...

Pangolin scales and a deer antler, to be smuggled into Nepal, have been seized from an accused by Darjeeling forest officials. He will be brought before the court tomorrow (March 15).