Ivory Coast's former president and prime minister on Thursday saw the refusal of their petitions to be allowed to run in upcoming elections by the African Union's human rights court. Both are ...

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 ...

Jon Ritchey sets out on a relaxing fishing trip in the Ivory Coast - a West African country that is close to his heart. But out on the tranquil water, Jon’s boat - and life - are turned upside ...

A mammoth ivory boomerang discovered in a Polish cave is likely between 42,290 and 39,280 years old, making it the oldest known example of such a tool in Europe and possibly the world. The artifact ...

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

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 ...

Ivory Coast expects its oil output to increase more than fivefold in the next decade, boosted by recent discoveries and the start of production at two offshore fields.