Elephants without tusks are far less likely to be killed by poachers, in what is becoming a distinct—but possibly temporary—evolutionary advantage. Reading time 3 minutes An investigation into the ...

More than 2 tons of ivory has been seized and more than 100 people arrested in an international operation targeting wildlife crime in eastern Africa, Interpol announced Monday. In a news release, the ...

The anti-poaching fight that the world waged against the ivory trade has phenomenally reduced elephant poaching and revived ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's president set fire Saturday to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Ivory poaching by hunters has led to the “rapid evolution” in tuskless elephants, according to new data released Thursday. “As the population recovered after the war, a relatively large proportion of ...

Workers from KWS pile ivory ready for burning at the Kenya Wildlife Services Headquarters at the Ivory site for an event that will be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta and other invited Heads ...

African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice. It's estimated at least 10,000 ...