Investigators with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on Thursday seized a large amount of illegal animal ...

Ivory poaching and trading has a long and tragic history. Humans have coveted ivory for use in a range of products—such as piano keys and jewelry. Though the selling and trading of ivory is outlawed ...

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. Elephant ivory is often passed off as mammoth ivory when being imported. As the ...

Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials, ...

A new tool to detect elephant tusks disguised as legal mammoth ivory has been deployed in the battle against poaching. Stable isotope analysis developed by wildlife forensic scientists can tell apart ...

Explore how to integrate ecology, ethics, and biotechnology into a biology classroom by basing a collaborative lab experience on real research on African elephant conservation. Students discover how ...

Analysis of DNA in elephant tusks helps uncover criminal networks involved in ivory trafficking. (Gary M. Stoltz / USFWS) Since 2004, scientists at the University of Washington have used DNA to help ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An undercover investigation unearthed the illegal sale of ivory from animals like elephants, hippos and whales at more than 60 locations across Pennsylvania, Humane World for Animals ...

(WHTM)– Three hundred eighty-three ivory items from animals, including elephants, hippos, and whales, were seized from 60 locations in Pennsylvania during an undercover investigation conducted by the ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Nineteen stores in six Connecticut counties were found illegally selling over 160 items carved from elephant ivory, according to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). An ...

In 2008, workers searching for diamonds off the coast of Namibia found a different kind of treasure: hundreds of gold coins mixed with timber and other debris. They had stumbled upon Bom Jesus, a ...