Law enforcement in northeastern India seized pangolins and pangolin scales from wildlife traffickers and gave the specimens to scientists for forensic analysis, Mukesh Thakur, one of the ...

Here’s your knowledge nugget for today. (Relevance: In UPSC Prelims 2021, a question was asked about Pangolins, which roll up to protect themselves from predators. Knowing about the characteristics of ...

Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, frequently appear in wildlife seizures, yet there is no universal system for tracking or identifying individual animals. Researchers proposed what ...

The animal is categorised as critically endangered in the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) An Indian Pangolin, categorised as a critically endangered species ...

A new species of pangolin has been discovered, but already it is deemed to be threatened by illegal trade. The Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica ) is the tenth to be found and was identified ...

Scientists analyzing the DNA of confiscated pangolins and their scales discovered a “cryptic” new species: the Indo-Burmese pangolin, a study said. Photo from Lenrik Wangmo Scientists doing a ...

The Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) is listed as a Schedule-I animal under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and is categorised as critically endangered in the Red List of the ...

Pangolins have the dubious distinction of being the most trafficked mammals in the world. Yet as often as they wind up in wildlife seizures, authorities and conservationists have no universal way ...