By Leilani Chavez Knowledge of the Philippine pangolin, the only pangolin species in the country, is scant. Sightings of the animal are rarer still. But unlike other pangolin species around the world that teeter on the brink of extinction, a new study suggests that with the appropriate conservation measures, the Philippines’ endemic pangolin still has […]
Pangolins, a type of scaly anteater considered the world’s most trafficked wild mammal, have lost more than 50 percent of their range in eastern China, according to a study published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Researchers from Beijing Forestry University, the Zoological Society of London and Imperial College, London focused on Chinese […]
By John R. Platt At first glance rhinos, pangolins and jaguars don’t seem to have much in common. But there are a few things that link them. For one thing, they’re all targets of poachers and smugglers, who traffic in their body parts and threaten the species with extinction. For another, all three species have […]
By Elly Pepper Do you know what a pangolin is? Where it lives? Why it’s so endangered? Most people don’t. But World Pangolin Day, which falls on Feb. 17, is a great place to start. So here are 10 facts—some fun, some not so fun—about one of the world’s most vulnerable but least-known species. 1. […]
EIA campaigners were at the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC69) in Geneva, Switzerland, last week. A packed agenda saw a wide range of issues raised for discussion, from tiger farms and domestic ivory markets to management of seized timber stocks and guidance for demand reduction programs. Throughout the meeting, EIA were busy […]
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