The small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ...

A photo shows the female deer. The most at-risk species documented in the survey was a Sunda pangolin, a critically endangered mammal with sought-after scales, the study said. A trail camera photo ...

The story of the mammals is only one example of adaptive radiation, a process that has happened again and again, at scales both large and small, in evolutionary history.

Luckily their plight is becoming more well known. These charmingly odd, termite-eating mammals are covered from head to tail with large, overlapping scales. But one of their most interesting ...

DESCRIPTION: Pangolins are mammals but are uniquely covered from head to tail with large, geometric scales made of keratin. Pangolins range in weight from just 4 pounds to a record 70 pounds.

a critically endangered mammal with sought-after scales, the study said. A trail camera photo shows the pangolin’s back. A Sunda pangolin, or Manis javanica, seen on Ko Pha Ngan. Photo from Cook ...