Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban—by passing off illegal elephant ivory as legal mammoth ivory. Since the two types look deceptively similar, law ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory — but selling mammoth ivory remains legal, and the two are difficult to tell apart, especially ...

Ivory, historically prized for carvings and jewelry, is now central to ethical debates due to poaching and endangered species. Derived from animal tusks and teeth, it's denser and smoother than bone, ...

Ivory has been a precious substance to human beings for centuries. It was used in ancient carving designs and jewellery in earlier times, and today it is part of modern debates over ethics and trade, ...