Himalayan pangolin emerges as distinct species, confirmed with DNA from 19th-century specimen

The pangolin is a midsize mammal found only in Africa and Asia. The pangolins' scales make them unique, but these scales have ...
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Scientists now name 16,000 new species a year and say most of life is still hidden

Roughly 16,000 species receive formal scientific names each year, yet the vast majority of life on Earth has never been ...
EurekAlert!

This pinecone-looking animal is the world’s most-trafficked mammal

Pangolins, which look like a cross between an anteater and a pinecone, are the most-trafficked mammals in the world. In a new ...
The Conversation

Australia has hundreds of mammal species. We want to find them all – before they’re gone

Life on Earth is undergoing a period of mass extinction – the sixth in history, and the first caused by humans. As species disappear at an alarming rate, we have learned that we understand only a ...