Declining elephant numbers are not surprising, given the level of ivory poaching and the degree of human population growth ...

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for ...

There is more illegal ivory than elephants in three key ivory trading countries in West Africa, according to a new report launched today by TRAFFIC and WWF. Gland, Switzerland - There is more illegal ...

The transnational trade of modern ivory is banned in a bid to protect elephants, but the trade of ancient mammoth tusks is not. However, telling the difference between illegal elephant ivory and ...

Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle giants. The desire for ivory has made elephants popular targets for illegal poaching, and it can have a ...

The data showed that some of these watering holes had experienced blooms of algae containing deadly toxins. An analysis of the distribution of the elephant corpses showed that they clustered near ...

Poachers kill elephants for their ivory tusks. Hippo teeth are made of the same material but are easier to obtain and are also legal. Sadly, hippos’ teeth are replacing elephant tusks in the ivory ...

Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant’s teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations.