A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ants or termites at a rehabilitation center in Zimbabwe. He was rescued from illegal wildlife traders, who likely would have ...

On a private game reserve in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an unlikely creature is making a tentative comeback — and visitors are offered a glimpse into the conservation efforts to save it ...

By Keith Anthony Fabro Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic ...

PROTECTION STATUS: One species of pangolin, the Temminck's ground pangolin, is listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The remaining seven pangolin species are not listed.

HABITAT: Pangolins live in a wide variety of habitats and can dwell on the ground or in the forest canopy ... long-tailed and tree pangolins will decline by about 50 percent over the next 20 years, ...