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

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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 ...

Discover the pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal. Learn unique facts, why their scales are used, if nocturnal, and ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding seven species of pangolin, which are sold for their scales and meat and may have played a role in the pandemic.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing seven species of pangolin, often poached for their scales and meat, as ...

Pangolins are hunted mainly for meat across Africa, with local demand - not trade - driving their decline toward extinction.

Trafficking of this endangered species may seem like a marginal issue to some. It isn’t. It’s a high-level criminal activity ...

The animals are heavily trafficked, largely due to demand for their scales in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as their ...

Research finds that appetite for bushmeat – rather than the black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting of one of the world’s most ...

U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered ...