KAMPALA, Uganda Because of its distinctive coat of hard shells, the pangolin, or scaly anteater, has been called the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal. More than one million have been poached in ...

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 ...

World Pangolin Day takes place on February 21, 2026, yet many people still struggle to identify a pangolin or explain why it matters. These quiet, scale-covered mammals resemble small armored ...

The puppy-sized pangolin named Kosin only weighed two pounds when he was rescued Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and ...

Quick, imagine an animal tongue. What came into your mind? The flicking forked tongue of a snake? A cow licking a block of salt? Your dog’s slobbery tongue lolling out the side of its mouth on a hot ...

A Chinese pangolin has been born in the Prague zoo, the first birth of the critically endangered animal in captivity in Europe, and is doing well after initial troubles, the park said on Thursday. For ...

In the rainforests of the Congo, Cameroon and Central African Republic (CAR) lives an elusive mammal that looks like a cross between an anteater, an armadillo and a pinecone. And thanks to poachers, ...

Pangolin decoction pieces remain ineligible for medical insurance coverage and drugs containing pangolin ingredients must not be newly included in medical insurance coverage, according to a recent ...