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

The article explains that a baby's tusks start to grow around 2 years of age. "Once the adult tusks emerge, they continue to grow throughout the elephant’s lifetime, at an astounding rate of 7 ...

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

Chemically, there’s no difference between a tooth and a tusk, but ivory continues to be a major business — and one that’s driving an illicit elephant poaching trade.

Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban—by passing off illegal elephant ivory as ...

However, the elephant’s excessively long tusks are affecting his body structure, particularly the muscles around his head and neck. Discussions are ongoing to determine a plan for reducing the ...

Tusks are continuously growing incisors. Typically, adult elephant teeth comprise 12 premolars, 12 molars, and two tusks. These twin teeth are composed of four layers, the outermost being the enamel.

A meme showing an elephant and rhino with pink tusks and horns is altered. This is a doctored representation of anti-poaching conservation efforts.

A hoard of more than 100 elephant tusks aboard a sunken ship that was lost for nearly 500 years has been traced to West Africa in a new study.

Coimbatore: Five people, including a forest watcher and an anti-poaching watcher (APW) were arrested on Saturday, for attempting to sell a pair of ele.

Tsavo even said that some tusks get so long that they scrape the ground! Those with huge tusks are referred to as 'big tuskers'. Sadly, due to poaching, there are only about 25 of them left in the ...