Poaching likely created a generation of tuskless elephants, scientists say. Scientist are looking to see if poaching has altered the genetics of the herd. By Clark Bentson. January 16, 2019, 10:50 AM.

Ivory poaching has led to a "rapid evolution" of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the ivory trade, according to new research.

A tuskless elephant matriarch with her two calves in the Gorongosa national park in Mozambique. AP. He and his team were inspired to conduct the study after observing high rates of tuskless female ...

The population of tuskless elephants has since declined to 33 percent in 2010. Advertisement. The absence of tusks is caused by a mutation in the X chromosome in elephants that is lethal to males, ...

In Gorongosa in the 1970s, 18.5% of female elephants didn't have tusks. Now that number is 51%. Analysis from the study revealed that tuskless elephants are five times more likely to survive.

Ivory poaching by hunters has led to the "rapid evolution" in tuskless elephants, according to new data released Thursday. Researchers found that the number of tuskless female elephants in ...

Tuskless female elephants have always existed. However, they have only been rare- about 2% to 5% in herd populations. According to the New York Times, tusk growth genes are on X chromosomes, ...

(CNN) — An elephant’s tusks are among its defining features — they help the animal lift heavy branches, ... “The population is doing well and there’s a lot of tuskless elephants.

Tuskless elephants may evolve new problems. Human activity has affected elephants so much that a change in their genome has now become apparent, but being born tuskless is proving to be fatal for ...

A deep-enough wound will leave a scar, but a traumatic event in the history of an animal population may leave a mark on the genome itself. During the Mozambican Civil War (1977-92), humans killed ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN An elephant’s tusks are among its defining features — they help the animal lift heavy branches, topple trees, strip bark, fight, and dig holes for water and minerals. But an ...