This sounds like a stupid question, but you might want to make a mental note of the fact that poo is often an ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bat’s dung is used in Chinese Medicine ...

Demand for their scales has pushed these anteaters to the brink. But why aren’t more conservationists working to protect them ...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has many ideas about how different food combinations can affect your health. TCM divides people’s body types into nine constitutions. TCM doctors can use your ...

Over 4,000 people had viewed the auction page on Alibaba's Judicial Auction platform but no one had registered to participate ...

A cloud of condensation rises as Shangari Sekar, the assistant laboratory manager for Mandai Wildlife Group, carefully lifts ...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with high prevalence, especially in children. Current treatments like topical ...

One recent study attributed the decline in global seizures to the Chinese government’s tougher approach to its domestic black market. Earlier this year, China set a quota for pangolin scale usage in ...

The work is ongoing. Customs officials make disturbing discovery during routine search: 'First major global seizure of its ...

The fact that animal parts are used for so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) is well-known. The problem has so far been related mostly to China and TCM. A recent article reminds us of the fact that t ...

Some 60,000-year-old wild Sichuan pepper seeds unearthed at the Mengxihe Site in Ziyang, Sichuan province, have helped shed ...

As the only mammal in the world covered in scales, pangolins are unique. These creatures are solitary and nocturnal. Very […] ...