But the latest so-called “mammoth rush” has got to do with skyrocketing prices of ivory – making the expensive exploration in the Siberian wilderness profitable, with one kilogram of mammoth ...

The demand for ivory has sparked a “mammoth rush” in Siberia thanks to the discovery of preserved tusks and the increasing bans on international trade of elephant ivory. Over the last few year… ...

High-quality mammoth ivory can sell in China for over $1,000 per kilogram, or $455 per pound, so it’s a lucrative business, the AFP reports—and an estimated 550,000 tons of mammoth tusks are ...

The woolly mammoth, an extinct species that disappeared from Earth between 14,000 and 10,000 years ago, is making a comeback. As conservation groups and governments boost efforts to crack down on ...

Stumped by a ban designed to save elephants from extinction, Hong Kong's master carvers turned to a long dead species that left thousands of tonnes of frozen ivory in Siberian mass graves.

Mammoth ivory, like modern elephant ivory, is durable and doesn't splinter easily, ... A man touches a giant bronze sculpture of a mammoth in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, on March 7, 2011.

A Siberian Graveyard Reveals 800 Years Of Human-Mammoth Interactions Ivory and bone were so prized the site became a factory where they were transported and carved for centuries.

Dr Cox added: “While mammoth tusks continue to be in demand, particularly in the Far East, the Siberian tusk hunters of Yakutia recover only what the buyers want - the ivory. The remains of the ...

A team of archeologists from Siberian Federal University and ... University provided a detailed reconstruction of a technology that was used to carve ornaments and sculptures from mammoth ivory.