They will likely be charged with violating a law that carries heavy penalties. Authorities make stunning discovery after tip ...

But, both species of elephant are experiencing increased instances of members without tusks. As poachers kill off elephants with the most prominent trunks, they’re taking them out of the ...

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

Archaeologists in Israel announced Wednesday that they have uncovered a piece of ancient animal history -- a large tusk that belonged to an extinct elephant that used to roam the land in Europe ...

A fossilized tusk from a giant prehistoric elephant that once roamed around the Mediterranean has emerged from an excavation site in southern Israel, offering what archaeologists said was a rare ...

A new forensic test could help identify poached elephant ivory being disguised and smuggled as legal mammoth tusks.

Do Female Elephants Have Tusks? There are two broad species of elephants, the African and Asian elephants. Both sexes of African elephants still have tusks.

Nigeria on Tuesday destroyed 2.5 tonnes of seized elephant tusks valued at over 9.9 billion naira ($11.2 million) in a push to protect its dwindling elephant population from rampant wildlife ...

Three men were indicted by a grand jury in East Texas following accusations of transporting two African elephant ivory tusks from an Oklahoma residence to Texas for sale.