Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal. A nearly 200-year-old specimen could help.

This new species expands biologists’ understanding of where pangolins live and how they differ from one another. The new ...
Field Museum

This pinecone-looking animal is the world’s most-trafficked mammal. New analysis of its DNA and a rebuilt family tree could help save it from poaching.

We can’t protect what we do not know, and now that we have confirmed that this other species of pangolin exists, we can use ...
Yahoo

What is a pangolin? Animal could be protected under Endangered Species Act

Seven species of pangolin could soon be federally protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, an animal which officials have called "the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal." In an ...

Himalayan pangolin emerges as distinct species, confirmed with DNA from 19th-century specimen

The pangolin is a midsize mammal found only in Africa and Asia. The pangolins' scales make them unique, but these scales have ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of pangolin using almost 200 years of DNA.

Biologists from China, the United States and Nepal have identified a previously unrecognized species of Asian pangolin (Manis ...

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world. This is how two of them were returned to the wild

The world's most trafficked wild mammal, pangolins require huge amounts of care to rehabilitate. Here's how Stevie the pangolin was returned to the wild – and is now thriving.
Phys.org

Celebrating World Pangolin Day with new genomes to aid the world's most trafficked animal

Pangolins are unique as they are the only mammal to be covered in scales. Even though they are scaly, photos of them are typically met with "awwws" from the viewers, who find them adorable.
Forbes

This Illinois Zoo Is Working To Save The Earth’s Most Trafficked Mammal

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 ...
CNN

This wildlife sanctuary is caring for pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammal

At Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary in Liberia, West Africa, Juty Deh Jr is bottle feeding milk to an orphaned baby pangolin. These small, scaly creatures are believed to be the most trafficked mammal in ...
KSAT

Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals

JOHANNESBURG – The traumatized pangolins arrive at a Johannesburg wildlife clinic emaciated and badly injured. They are the lucky ones. Rescued from poachers, they will survive thanks to a dedicated ...
New York Post

The adorable pangolin is the most-trafficked animal in the world

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google In the rainforests of the Congo, Cameroon and Central African Republic (CAR) lives an elusive mammal that looks like a ...
New York Post

Pangolin patrol volunteers rescue endangered animals from poachers

Veterinary nurse, Alicia Abbott, of the African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa holds a pangolin, at a Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.AP Veterinary nurse, Alicia ...