IVORY hunting gangs are “destroying” a 50,000-year-old woolly mammoth graveyard by digging out prehistoric artefacts to flog on the black market. Dozens of mammoth and rhino skeletons a… ...

Ivory poaching has led to a "rapid evolution" of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the ivory trade, according to new research.

To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory—but selling mammoth ...

Elephants have long suffered from ivory hunting. The Asian andU.S. ivory markets took off in the 1980s, and the African elephantpopulation plummeted from 1.3 million to 600,000 between 1979 and1986.

Confiscated ivory items and carvings are displayed during an ivory destruction ceremony at Beijing's wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, in Beijing, May 29, 2015. As many as 660 kg of ivory ...

KidsPost African countries want to lift ban on ivory sale and elephant hunting. Leaders in 5 nations where elephants live say poaching has increased since the activities have been banned.

Walrus ivory artifacts and hunting routes strongly suggest the two societies interacted. Credit: igure: E.J.R.-P. and coauthors.

The National Wildlife Property Repository near Denver has collected more than a million items made up from animals unlawfully traded and acquired by U.S. special agents and inspectors.

African elephant herd with tuskless matriarch. A new study suggests that severe ivory poaching in parts of Mozambique has led to the evolution of tuskless elephants. The study published in Science ...

IVORY hunting gangs are “destroying” a 50,000-year-old woolly mammoth graveyard by digging out prehistoric artefacts to flog on the black market. Dozens of mammoth and rhino skeletons a… ...