From The Guardian: A Chinese boat that crashed into a protected coral reef in the Philippines was hiding the remains of a second environmental disaster in its hold: thousands of illegally killed pangolins, a scaly anteater prized for its meat and scales in China. The vessel hit an atoll on 8 April at the Tubbataha [...]

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Pangolins are finally having their time to shine in the world of gaming. The new iPhone and iPad game ‘Pangolin’ is gorgeously designed and addictively fun. It’s a puzzle style game in which you propel the adorable little pangolin character through a course, collecting gems and scoring points along the way. SavePangolins is collaborating with [...]

Mongabay has posted an amazing and comprehensive article on pangolins and the impact of the illegal trade. The article is well written and thoroughly researched by Jeremy Hance, who spoke with a cross section of pangolin conservationists including Dan Challender of the IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group, Chris Shepherd of TRAFFIC, and Nepalese researcher Ambika Khatiwada. [...]

A new facility, the Pangolin Rehabilitation Center (PRC), was opened in late December near Phnom Penh in Cambodia to provide specialist care to the kingdom’s endangered pangolins. The facility was established by Conservation International together with the Cambodian Forestry Administration, to rehabilitate injured pangolins rescued from hunters – an increasing and serious threat to the [...]

In a new BBC Natural World Special, Sir David Attenborough chooses his ten favorite species he would ‘save’ from extinction. Among the species chosen is the Sunda pangolin, which is distributed throughout Southeast Asia. As well showcasing the ten different species, the program highlights work and research being conducted to conserve each species. For showing [...]

An international group of experts has launched a new website devoted to pangolin conservation and research. Pangolins, insect-eating mammals found in Asia and Africa, rank among the world’s most imperiled mammals and are threatened by illegal trade and habitat loss. The website, www.PangolinSG.org, is the official site of the International Union for the Conservation of [...]

28th October 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Stunning figures in traffickers’ logbooks indicate massive illegal capture and trade in endangered pangolins or scaly anteaters, finds a new TRAFFIC study. A Preliminary Assessment of Pangolin Trade in Sabah (PDF, 500 KB) analyses logbooks seized following a raid by Sabah Wildlife Department in 2009 on a syndicate’s pangolin trafficking [...]

Sharron Lovell/GlobalPost 26  October 2010, GUANGZHOU, China— The teenaged cook grabs a handful of slim green snakes from their cage outside the kitchen, seizing them by their necks as he wields his cleaver in the other hand. In a matter of minutes, he slits the skin of each snake from neck to tail, the squirming [...]