Ivory, historically prized for carvings and jewelry, is now central to ethical debates due to poaching and endangered species ...

Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials, ...

Wildlife inspectors with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seized five elephant ivory carvings at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta ...

Faking the stuff of elephant tusks could benefit wildlife conservation and engineering—yet many technical hurdles remain Sasha Mushegian Any faithful recreation of elephant ivory must be hard, strong ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the carvings were discovered in a package imported from Austria.

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 ...

It’s the elephant in the room. Two people have been indicted for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions. Between April 2020 and May 2023, Grace Hu and ...

Armed with tips from animal welfare activists, I recently went on an ivory hunt with my Chinese assistant, Yang, in an antiques market in Beijing. Activists say China's growing purchasing power is ...

President Ali Bongo set a pyre of ivory aflame on June 27 in a symbolic warning to poachers in Gabon: We will fight to protect our elephants. He publicly ignited a total of 4,825 kilograms (about ...

The International Fund for Animal Welfare released a report today saying that eBay is continuing to allow consumers to bid on elephant ivory in violation of eBay’s own policies. EBay auctions are ...