The largest of these species - the giant pangolin - can weigh up to 33 kg, while the smallest - the long-tailed pangolin - weighs on average only 2.7 kg. That means the long-tailed pangolin ...

At least 67 countries and territories on six continents have been involved in the pangolin trade, but the shipments with the biggest quantities of scales have originated in Cameroon, Nigeria ...

In Taiwan the greatest threats for a pangolin are traffic and feral dogs. He must also keep an eye out for giant predators like cobra and moon bear. Formidable armour with scales made from the ...

Nothing prepared Paul for what he saw, or smelled. Some 4,000 defrosting pangolins hidden in a shipping container behind a façade of frozen fish. This was one of the largest seizures of the animals on ...

The IUCN has projected that the Philippine, Indian, long-tailed and tree pangolins will decline by about 50 percent over the next 20 years, and that the giant and Temminck's pangolins will decline by ...

Despite a 2017 ban on international commercial trade in pangolins, illegal trade has continued and likely increased: The largest-ever seizure occurred in Singapore in 2019, representing tens of ...