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"Pangolin habitat at risk in Pakistan"
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Pangolin habitat at risk in Pakistan
The endangered Indian pangolin, already devastated by the illegal wildlife trade, is facing another crisis in Pakistan, one of the four countries where it’s found: rapid habitat loss. Key habitats of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) have particularly disappeared in Pakistan’s rural, mountainous northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to new research, reports contributor Emma […]

"A 'new' pangolin species was hiding in plain sight for nearly 200 years"
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A 'new' pangolin species was hiding in plain sight for nearly 200 years
All eight species of pangolin are imperiled. A ninth arms researchers with new data on how to better protect the “walking pinecones.”

"Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins"
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Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins
Naserian, a giant ground pangolin, lived for about two years in Kenya’s last remaining stronghold for this animal, Nyekweri Forest. When researchers from The Pangolin Project began tracking her in 2025, they observed her threading her way through a landscape where forests, farms and fences increasingly intersected. Each night, she emerged from the darkness of […]