For decades, the giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) has been recognized as locally extinct throughout the country of Senegal. However, at 1:37 a.m. on March 8, 2023, a trail camera in the country’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. Jul 31, 2025, 08:00am EDT The white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus ...

A new study confirms that pangolins confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam host SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses. A new study in the journal Frontiers in Public Health led by ...

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 ...