Maybe it's the food that kills them, Phuong said. There's not been enough research on what pangolins eat in the wild to know for certain what their caregivers should feed them in captivity.

Pangolins are among the world's most trafficked mammals, driven by relentless demand across Asia.The region serves as both a destination and a key transit hub for the illegal trade. Between 2015 ...

And, of course, pangolin don’t eat meat in the conventional sense, but gobble up insects. Not surprisingly then, pangolins and carnivores are only distantly related: the scaly anteaters split ...

rex. The caretaker gently guides the young pangolin toward a dirt mound that he starts to break apart with a pick. Look, he encourages Tamuda: ants. Tamuda catches on and begins to eat ...

Pangolins may be the most endangered species you've never heard of. Luckily their plight is becoming more well known. These charmingly odd, termite-eating mammals are covered from head to tail with ...

One of the animals targeted by poaching and illegal trade is Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica). This species is traded for consumption of body parts, such as meat, tongue, skin, and scales which are ...

Yet scientists do know that pangolins have served an essential ecological function for over 80 million years: They eat up to 200,000 ants and termites a day, providing natural pesticide to forests ...