Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ground pangolin in South Africa. David Brossard via Flickr The use of pangolin parts in traditional Chinese medicine is driving ...

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

Overexploitation is a major factor in the decline of many species. Humans exploit at least a third of vertebrate animals to provide food, products, or medicines. A scaly mammal called the pangolin is ...

Nigerian officials have arrested a Chinese national suspected of masterminding a transnational smuggling operation of pangolin scales, Netherlands-based nonprofit Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) ...