Gabon's government on Friday banned the sale and eating of bats and pangolins, which are suspected of sparking the novel coronavirus in China where they are highly prized in traditional medicine. The ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The pangolin, or scaly anteater, is believed to be the most trafficked animal in the world ...

A man holds a pangolin at a wild animal rescue center in Cuc Phuong, outside Hanoi, Vietnam September 12, 2016. [Reuters] The deadly Coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans ...

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 ...