Ending all poaching of Malayan tigers is an august goal, and key players in Malaysian have set out to do just that. Several governmental bodies (including the Malaysian Armed Forces, the Royal Malaysian Police and the Forestry Department) have joined forces with conservationist groups like  WWF-Malaysia to save the nation’s…

Alert customs officials, acting on a tip-off at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport, made a sad discovery: a large haul of pangolin scales. Stuffed in 18 gunny sacks were the scales of an estimated 1,400 African pangolins. The haul, which weighed 712kg, would have been worth more than RM9 million ($2 million) on…

The criminal syndicates and individuals behind illegal wildlife trafficking are a resourceful lot. They won’t think anything of exploiting ever newer avenues to sell endangered species. And if that means subverting a hugely popular social medium for their criminal purposes, so be it. We’ve known that Facebook has become a…

Covered in scales, feasting on ants, and hanging from trees like a living pine cone, the Pangolin is without a doubt one of the world’s most unique mammals.  Ranging from 12 to 39 inches in length, these housecat-sized creatures are actually the only known mammal in the world to have…

Four men were recently arrested – and the two juvenile Orangutans they were trying to sell were saved – thanks to a social media program the Malaysian Government is using to ambush wildlife traders. Code-named Ops Taring III, the social media crackdown is showing promise. In March, seven other wildlife traffickers were caught. They…