Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kulu, a rescued ground pangolin in South Africa, is the star of Netflix's latest wildlife documentary, "Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey." ...

Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat -- rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine -- is driving West Africa's illegal hunting of one of the world's most ...

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 ...

China has announced an annual quota of 1 metric ton of pangolin scales for medicinal use, raising concerns among conservationists about potential illegal trafficking despite this being a significant ...

African pangolins are heavily hunted to meet the international demand for scales as well as for their meat in the local bushmeat trade. But how much each contributes to the hunting of these ...

Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat – rather than 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 ...

Pangolins are unique...and delicious. Which is a problem.

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