The pangolin, often called the "scaly anteater," is one of nature's most remarkable creatures. Recognised for its distinctive armour-like scales, the pangolin is a marvel of evolution, embodying ...

Pangolins have long provided meat and traditional medicine for people in Africa and Asia. Recently, though, demand for pangolin scales—used mainly in China and Vietnam for a variety of ailments—has ...

Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic pangolin species diverged from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). Long thought to be the ...