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 ancient ivory contained genetic secrets that could be used to protect elephants today Researchers have examined ancient DNA preserved in elephant tusks that were among the cargo of a 487-year ...

A suspect who was ferrying 15 pieces of elephant tusks was arrested hours after he and an accomplice escaped and abandoned ...