Australien — A popular color for Victorian ladies' dresses, australien is a dark sandy orange-yellow color meant to evoke the ...

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 ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal smugglers—one gorilla handprint at a time.

Object Details Location Currently not on view ID Number AG.106140 catalog number 106140 accession number 026601 Object Name elephant ivory comb plate blank Measurements overall: 1/16 in x 3 7/16 in x ...

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. Elephant ivory is often passed off as mammoth ivory when being imported. As the ...

An orange damask hat with an elephant print and gold metallic detail. The body of the hat is made of four pieces of cotton damask machine stitched together; one for the top of the crown, the sides of ...

Stable isotope analysis could offer a new tool in the fight against wildlife poaching by helping differentiate legal mammoth ivory from illegal elephant ivory. The method is faster and cheaper than ...

Rachakonda police, in collaboration with Forest Range Officials, successfully intercepted an illegal elephant ivory smuggling operation, seizing two ivory tusks and arresting one suspect. The ...

Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have found a new method to help police distinguish between elephant and mammoth ivory. International trade in elephant ivory was banned by the Convention ...

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 ...