A Chinese fishing vessel that crashed into one of the Philippines' most famous reefs damaged almost 4,000 square metres of centuries-old coral, the marine park said on Saturday.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 1

Philippine authorities have seized 23 protected scaly anteaters found hidden in a cargo boat, in the second case of suspected trafficking of the species in a month, officials said.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected marine sanctuary last week.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The Thai navy on Tuesday said it had intercepted wildlife traffickers attempting to smuggle 104 endangered pangolins to China on the Mekong river.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Indonesian police have intercepted 85 endangered pangolins, most of them alive despite being stuffed into sacks by suspected smugglers, an official said Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Vietnamese police have seized five tonnes of frozen pangolins and iguanas that were destined for the cooking pot in China, an official said Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Philippine wildlife authorities seized a huge shipment of meat and scales from up to a hundred slaughtered pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, officials said on Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 06, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 3

(AP) -- As the 20 cardboard boxes bound for China rolled through the X-ray machine at Jakarta's airport, Indonesian customs officials suspected what was inside didn't match what was declared. Instead of fresh ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 13, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 1

Malaysian wildlife authorities said they have rescued 130 pangolins and arrested two men attempting to smuggle the protected species, destined to be sold to restaurants and medicine shops.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 20, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, ...

Biology - Evolution

Sep 04, 2009 4.6 / 5 (17) 42