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.

Nagpur unit, on Tuesday raided a smuggling network in Mysuru and seized three large elephant ivory tusks worth over 2 crore ...

The elephant is listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List.

Poaching rare wildlife for teeth, tusks, fur, horns and other body parts is a crime which threatens many species with extinction, but the evidence which could incriminate traffickers is often ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their ...

WASHINGTON – As few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa, according to a new study. Researchers used analysis of DNA ...

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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 ...