Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in what may have once been an Iron Age "center of power." The ivory carving features a mythical sphinx — a human ...

An artist carves a piece of ivory at the Beijing Ivory Carving Factory. (Photo by Yang Yao / China Daily courtesy Beijing International) BEIJING, China, March 31, 2017 (ENS) – China today permanently ...

It’s the elephant in the room. Two people have been indicted for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions. Between April 2020 and May 2023, Grace Hu and ...

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, ...

Carvings and raw elephant tusks in a U.S. ivory stockpile that was crushed in November 2013 (Photo courtesy USFWS) The Obama administration’s announcement is timed to coincide with the London ...

A 60-year-old man in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling ivory from endangered animals online in violation of federal conservation laws. Gary L. Cooper used Craigslist and eBay to hawk elephant ...

Some of Thailand's most influential elephant owners -- those who presumably benefit most from the Thai ivory trade -- have joined WWF in calling on the Thai prime minister to shut down the country's ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A San Diego man is accused of trafficking illegal elephant ivory after online ads led undercover officers to him, the San Diego City Attorney’s office said Wednesday. Prosecutors ...