The smaller, darker forest elephant, with straight tusks, lives in the equatorial forests of Central and West Africa. Now, for the first time, scientists have separately evaluated how the two are ...

More cruelly, people have indulged their desire for ivory trinkets that come from a dead elephant’s tusk. Although elephants are difficult to count, one estimate suggests that the African ...

The Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery Wednesday, saying the 8-foot tusk belonged to a long-extinct straight-tusked elephant. The tusk was found during a joint excavation with ...

The elephant was killed Oct. 7, and its ivory tusks weighed 121 pounds and 119 pounds, according to the parks. “That’s a premium trophy,” said Louis Muller, president of the Professional ...

Two massive bull elephants came barreling toward ... him in the vulnerable flank with his sharp tusk. The other retreated, heading straight at me at close range—and there was no telling if ...

From 6 June, trade in elephant teeth and tusks is illegal in the UK, punishable by fines of up to £250,000 or up to five years in prison. EBay is not the only online platform that wildlife ...