Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. ...

Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban—by passing off illegal elephant ivory as ...

Thailand has confiscated two tons of African elephant tusks worth millions of dollars being smuggled through a Bangkok port, in what authorities said Friday was the country's largest ivory seizure.

In yet another case of poaching, a carcass of an elephant with its tusks sawn off was found in Gopinathpur forest under the Pithabata Range of Similipal wildlife sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district ...

Tusks are a valuable tool, but the elephant manages to make them significantly more valuable thanks to its impressive intelligence. What Are Elephant Tusks Made Of?

Conservation officials in Nepal recently cut off the tusks of a young bull elephant that had attacked and killed a woman in the buffer zone of Parsa National Park. Proponents of detusking say the ...

One commented: "Why are the end of the tusks cut off?" Another added: "That poor elephant has had its tusks sawn off and is being exploited for your entertainment. "You were posing with a slave!" ...

Forest officials recovered the carcass of a male elephant with a portion of one of its tusks cut off near Kandha Nuapalli village in Ganjam district late on Wednesday evening. Three persons have ...

The police seized four elephant tusks weighing seven kilograms, a car, and two bikes used for smuggling. Investigations revealed these tusks were cut off dead elephants 20 years ago in Mettur forest.

Sources said heavy tools were used to cut the tusks by the poachers. “It is certain that unscrupulous persons took away the elephant’s tusks by using axe-like tools to cut part of the head.

Police in Kwale County on Friday impounded 41.9 kilogrammes of elephant tusks worth about Sh2 million.