The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that seven species of pangolin be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

A recent report surveying seizures of pangolin scales and elephant ivory over the past decade has found a sharp decline ...

NGHE AN – Six people have been jailed for their involvement in the illegal trade of more than 2.8 tonnes of pangolin scales, ...

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Perhaps surprisingly, given their potential overseas value, around 70% of the scales were discarded, while less than 30% were sold on. However, researchers calculated that, per animal, pangolin ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

U.S. to add pangolins, ‘most heavily trafficked mammal,’ to endangered list The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding seven species of pangolin, which are sold for their scales and ...

Pangolin hunting in southeast Nigeria is motivated more by local meat consumption than international demand for scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02734-3 ...

Pangolins in peril While pangolin scales clearly hold up against lion attacks rather well, there’s one predator the little tanks haven’t evolved a defense against—us.

Analysis - Nigeria accounts for the largest volume of detected pangolin scales illegally traded from Africa. Between 2010 and 2021, 190,000kg of scales - representing nearly 800,000 African ...

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 ...