#pangolins

Pangolins look like a cross of an anteater, armadillo, and sloth, but with a hard scaly artichoke-like exterior protecting them. These insect-devouring mammals are one of the most trafficked animals in the entire world, more than 1 million have been trafficked in the last decade. Pangolin meat is

Chances are, you’ve never heard of a pangolin, but you probably know what one looks like. Pangolins are basically a real-life Sandshrew from Pokemon, and in the flesh they’re still just as cute as they are on a card. These guys are fascinating. They are the only known mammal to have scales, they

Pangolins ― bizarre, scaly creatures that are the world’s most poached and illegally trafficked mammals ― will finally receive the legal protection they so desperately need to avoid extinction. On Wednesday, member parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild