Singapore seizes record $12.9M of elephant ivory Singapore authorities have seized a record 8.8 metric tons of ivory that is believed to have come from nearly 300 African elephants.

An undercover investigation by animal welfare activists found that the sale of undocumented elephant ivory is still "thriving" in Massachusetts.

Two people have been indicted for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions.

Singapore authorities seized 8.8 tons of smuggled ivory from nearly 300 African elephants in a record $48 million haul over the weekend.

The Central African nation of Gabon on Wednesday burned all the elephant tusks and ivory ornaments it had in its stockpile -- an amount equivalent to 850 elephants -- so that smugglers, via ...

Singapore said on Tuesday it had seized 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory, a record haul by authorities in the city-state, which conservation groups say is a transit point for the illegal wildlife trade.

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

A record number of large seizures of elephant tusks represents at least 2,500 dead animals and shows that organized crime — in particular Asian syndicates — is increasingly involved in the ...

Indeed, most experts, including Nemtzov, believe mammoth ivory should not be banned but regulated to ensure it doesn’t serve as a smokescreen for elephant ivory.

Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials ...

Singapore said Tuesday it confiscated 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory in a record bust. The city-state, often a stopover in the illegal wildlife trade, caught the haul in a container en route from ...

Tirupati: The Seshachalam forests, long plagued by red sanders smuggling, are now under scrutiny for a potentially more ...