DNA samples taken from a wide variety of animal sources can pinpoint hotspots of the illegal wildlife trade, utilizing a new ...

Small samples of DNA can reveal hotspots and trade routes in the illegal wildlife trade, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Sean Heighton and Philippe Gaubert of ...

Tiny samples of DNA can "pinpoint" hotspots and trade routes of the illegal wildlife trade, reveals new research. Technology ...

Southeast Asia is a hotspot for illegal wildlife trade. Nonprofits with hotlines to report trafficking produce an outsized ...

A new report published by TRAFFIC found that the illegal pangolin trade in the Philippines increased nine-fold in the last two years, with the authorities confiscating an estimated 6,894 pangolins ...

By Mongabay.com To protect pangolins in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, conservationists are turning to ...

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With Asian species dangerously depleted, global black markets have turned to Africa, and Nigeria has become the continent's pangolin trafficking 'hub'. Just Nigeria-linked pangolin seizures in the ...

As if pangolins weren’t already in trouble. The scaly, insect-eating mammals suddenly attracted global attention after being identified as a possible culprit for transmitting the novel coronavirus to ...

Findings reported in the Chinese media suggest that the novel coronavirus that has led to more than 1,000 deaths could have been transmitted to humans from bats via pangolins. These shy nocturnal ...