Pangolins use powerful claws and long tongues to tear into logs and feed on ants and termites. Their scales are made of keratin, not medicine, and illegal wildlife trafficking remains a major threat ...

Standing at the intersection of adorable and otherworldly with its long tongue darting and its paws clutched cautiously, the pangolin is a fascinating animal you have to see to believe. While ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. Jul 31, 2025, 08:00am EDT The white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus ...

Pangolins, unique scale-covered mammals, are drastically declining in numbers across Asia and Africa, largely due to illegal trade. Part of the trade, both legal and illegal, supports the traditional ...

Nature's scaliest, most Pokémon-like mammal, the pangolin, is under serious threat from poaching. But according to recent research, the very detail that makes these bizarre animals attractive to ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A forest may burn to the ground, but beneath the ashes, a pangolin ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 16 (UPI) --Researchers from Florida and Illinois are leading a global effort to understand and protect the world's most trafficked mammal -- the little-known pangolin. Also called ...

The report was released in the wake of the world’s largest ever pangolin seizure, when China announced the seizure of 11.9 tonnes of scales from a ship in Shenzen last month. Known as the world’s most ...

A new study confirms that pangolins confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam host SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses. A new study in the journal Frontiers in Public Health led by ...

Shaina is a Features Author and former editor for Collider who is thrilled to have found a good use for her English degree. Having watched her way through a Film minor in undergrad, she's written on ...