The small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ...

Researchers found the secret of a Chinese medicine made from a caterpillar fungus, Cordycepin, and its potential for ...

Indonesian authorities say they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales worth over a ...

And Katheryn Wise of animal welfare campaign group ... The scales are highly coveted by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, while pangolin meat is seen as a delicacy.

One obstacle to acceptance of Chinese medicine in the West is the controversial use of animal parts. During the Vietnam War, Tu had been tapped to work on a secret military project to help the ...

director of the Latin America program at the Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment. “Demand for pangolin parts and derivatives for use in the traditional Chinese medicine industry is a ...

spinosa, used as a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine, holds promise in restoring cognitive and motor function in model mice. The findings are currently available as a reviewed ...

The race to find the source of coronavirus in wildlife Animal advocacy organisation ... bears - has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine. The active ingredient, ursodeoxycholic acid ...

Pangolin scales are legally sold in China for use in traditional Chinese medicine, where the scales are marketed ... The Global Law Alliance for Animals and the Environment at Lewis & Clark Law School ...

is one of over 1,000 animals used in traditional Chinese medicine. It has been called upon for millennia to treat ailments ...