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

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

The undercover also purchased a carved elephant tusk for $31,950; prosecutors said. Manhattan District Attorney's Office. After a joint probe by New York authorities and the Department of Homeland ...

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Police arrested a person for illegally transporting and attempting to sell two elephant tusks valued at ₹3 crore. The tusks, weighing a total of 5.62 kg, were seized while ...

The discovery of a complete tusk of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel sheds new light on the fascinating life of prehistoric humanity ...

An elephant tusk thought to date back to when they were hunted by pre-historic humans has been unearthed in the Middle East. The 500,000-year-old and 8ft-long tusk was discovered near Reitan ...

The idea of a gigantic elephant with 8ft (2.5 metre) long tusks may sound like the stuff of science fiction. But such a creature actually roamed Israel 500,000 years ago, according to a new study.

Revadim (Israel) (AFP) – Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday displayed a rare tusk half a million years old, from an enormous now-extinct elephant, which scholars see as testament to a social ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A veterinary dentist came to the rescue of a Sedgwick County Zoo elephant that suffered a broken tusk in a fight with another male elephant.

Rare 500,000-year-old elephant tusk uncovered in Israel Updated / Wednesday, 31 Aug 2022 14:39 Archaeologists work at the site near Revadim ...