The large cache worries anti-poaching experts trying to protect ... they found five tons of elephant ivory tucked inside. The tusks were cut from the faces of several hundred dead African elephants.

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries ... with the ivory then packed into shipping containers and ...

Researchers believe the heavy presence of poaching has led elephants here to evolve without tusks, so their human predators have no reason to kill them and steal their tusks for ivory. It's not ...

In some areas 98 per cent of female elephants now have no tusks, researchers ... been illegally slaughtered by poachers in the past ten years to meet demand for ivory in Asia, where there is ...

Multi-agency teams in Maralal, Samburu County, recovered 47 kilos of elephant tusks after a shootout with suspected poachers.

A male elephant’s tusks are bigger and heavier than those ... Other countries with a history of substantial ivory poaching also see similar shifts among female survivors and their daughters.

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 density of dentin in elephant tusks is why elephant ivory is more sought after than ... female genetics and heavy poaching. Tuskless female elephants have always existed.

From 6 June, trade in elephant teeth and tusks is illegal in the UK ... threats to Africa's elephants are changing. "Organised ivory poaching remains a threat in some regions, especially in ...