The secret life of the world's most trafficked mammal, the pangolin, has been caught on camera in Africa. Footage gives a rare insight into the behaviour of the giant pangolin, the largest of all ...

Researchers identified the animal as a giant pangolin. Giant pangolins, scientifically known as Smutsia gigantea, are an endangered mammal found in central and western Africa, according to an ...

The Bornean Giant Pangolin (Manis paleojavanica) went extinct about 40,000 years ago, likely as a result of overexploitation following the arrival of humans, and pangolin populations in many parts ...

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 ...

"This is the first study of how illegally traded pangolins may be being sourced from African forests and it shows that the high value paid internationally for large giant pangolin scales is ...

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

But Africa’s four species also need greater protection. As it becomes harder for poachers and traffickers to find sufficient Asian pangolins, they are increasingly turning their attention towards ...

The rest, 3094kg, have been burnt. The torching of the scales came on the eve of World Pangolin Day. In Cameroon, there exist three types of pangolin species; the giant, long tail and the tree or ...