Insectivores: These Animals Love To Prey, Feast on Insects and Bugs

Medicine & Technology Jun 12, 2024

Some animals mainly feast on termites, ants, and other insects. Read to learn more.

Protect Pangolins: These Creatures Are Threatened by Illegal Trade, Poor Regulation

Apr 14, 2023

Pangolins are the world's most trafficked mammals. Read to learn more.

Rescuing Pangolin, World's Most Trafficked Animal: Conversation Efforts Spark To Save the Population of Scaly Anteaters

Jan 04, 2023

Read on to know more about the pangolin, the world's most trafficked animal, the conservation efforts of the decreasing animal population.

Pangolins Rescued from Trafficking in South Africa Now at Recovery

Apr 13, 2022

Endangered pangolins that were recovered from South African poaching activity are now in the custody of conservation authorities. Learn more about how the animals are being taken care of by rehabilitation and veterinary specialists.

Eating Pangolin Meat in China for Health and Sexual Benefits No More? Scales Pulled Out From Medicine List

Jun 10, 2020

Officials have removed pangolin scales from the list of traditional Chinese medicine ingredients elevating its protective status as China continues to revise wildlife protection laws.

Earlier Studies Were Right: Coronavirus Came from a Hybrid of Bat and Pangolin Viruses, New Study Reveals

Jun 01, 2020

New research confirms that the coronavirus of today did emerge from bats, with recombination from pangolin viruses. The researchers warn that their findings suggest that there are more coronaviruses out there and future epidemics are inevitable to come.

Studying the Genes of Pangolins May Hold the Key to Effective COVID-19 Drug as They Can Carry Coronavirus Without Suffering From It

May 09, 2020

Pangolins, the animals thought to be responsible for carrying the coronavirus over to the humans, could be immune to the virus itself, a new study finds. Scientists are optimistic that these 'silent carriers' of the disease could one day help in stopping the virus they were known to help spread.

Wuhan Scientists Did Crazy Things in Their Study of Coronavirus - Russian Microbiologist

Apr 24, 2020

According to a Russian microbiologist, scientists from Wuhan created variants of the coronavirus disease 2019 that may have been a solution to another virus: HIV.

The Link Between Pangolin Viruses and Human Pandemic Remains Cloudy

Mar 27, 2020

Scientists have not found evidence that COVID-19 jumped from pangolins to humans, although they do host comparable viruses Pangolins, once doubted as the missing connection between bats and humans in the COVID-19 pandemic's origin.

Scientists Check Out Trade Routes in Angola, A Hotspot for Illegal Wildlife Trade

Jan 09, 2020

Angola is among the world's countries with high rate of biodiversity and every day it is challenged by illegal wildlife trade.

14 Tons of Pangolin Scales in Single Illegal Shipment Confiscated by Singaporean Officials

Apr 09, 2019

A huge shipment of pangolin scales heading to Vietnam was intercepted by Singaporean officials on Wednesday.