SANDF members arrested a Botswana man after finding a live pangolin in his bag while he allegedly crossed into South Africa ...

A search of his bag allegedly uncovered a live pangolin, which is classified as a specially protected wild animal.

Pangolins are fascinating creatures known for their unique appearance and distinctive scales. They are mammals belonging to the order Pholidota and are native to Africa and Asia. Due to their primary ...

A 27-year-old Botswana national has been arrested in South Africa after allegedly crossing the Limpopo River with a live ...

The African Pangolin Working Group announced that it has now helped 85 endangered pangolins return to the wild since 2016 Stevie the pangolin was rescued as a starving pup during a 2021 wildlife ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kulu, a rescued ground pangolin in South Africa, is the star of Netflix's latest wildlife documentary, "Pangolin: Kulu's Journey." ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 19, 2025 (ENS) – A new investigative report has laid bare the scale and complexity of wildlife trafficking across southern Africa, exposing a tangled web of corruption, ...

Nigeria accounts for the largest volume of detected pangolin scales illegally traded from Africa. Between 2010 and 2021, 190,000kg of scales – representing nearly 800,000 African pangolins – were ...

Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat – rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting of one of the world’s most ...

The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin's burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a protein-packed smoothie, given a daily dose of medicine and has his vital signs checked.