As insectivorous, burrowing mammals, pangolins play a key role in our ecosystem by controlling insect populations, recycling soil nutrients and sheltering other animals in their abandoned burrows.

The creature is being trafficked across Africa and Asia to fuel a steady demand for their scales, an ingredient in unproven remedies A pangolin emerges from an underground tunnel at night at Save ...

Despite international trade bans, it is estimated that one pangolin is poached every three minutes, primarily to supply illegal markets in Asia and for bushmeat consumption in Africa. At the 78th ...

The group, in commemoration of the World Pangolin Day held on February 15, also advocated support in updating Nigeria’s wildlife legislation to combat wildlife trafficking.

A staggering number of birds, turtles, reptiles, primates, and big cats were seized. While China officially banned the use of pangolin scales in traditional medicine in 2020, it remains the largest ...

I had friends who spoke to me on the phone with such familiarity and erudition about the pangolin that I began to think it might be a relative of theirs. Exactly five years ago, everything fell apart.

Research on bipedal robots has amassed over the years, and as the saying goes, if these Imagineers saw further it was by standing on the shoulders of larger robotic platforms. However, the Project ...

The robot measures 392 x 420 x 845 mm (15.4 x 16.5 x 33.3 in), tips the scales at around 20 kg (44 lb), and appears to ship in standard and education editions in a sturdy flight case. The 48-V ...

GUNTUR: Deep in the heart of the Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR), a ground-breaking research mission is underway to save the elusive and endangered Indian Pangolin (Manis ...

Bush meat traders in the Ashanti region have made a commitment to stop selling pangolins to conserve the endangered species. The group has further pledged to raise awareness among hunters about ...

A US firm has released Protoclone, the world's first bipedal, muscuskeletal android. The video of the robot has since gone viral. US-based robotics company Clone has released a video showing its ...

Five people, including two Limpopo police officers, were arrested in Stoffberg yesterday for the illegal trade in protected pangolins. The five, including two unnamed police officers of Limpopo ...