The price of ivory has fallen by nearly two-thirds in the last three years, according to research conducted in China and published Wednesday by the conservation group Save the Elephants. At its peak ...

Poaching rare wildlife for teeth, tusks, fur, horns and other body parts is a crime which threatens many species with extinction, but the evidence which could incriminate traffickers is often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WHTM)– Three hundred eighty-three ivory items from animals, including elephants, hippos, and whales, were seized from 60 ...

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, especially ...

WASHINGTON – As few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa, according to a new study. Researchers used analysis of DNA ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Rack one up for the elephants. EBay, the biggest online flea market in ...

Washington, DC—As world leaders gather in London on February 13 to attend a summit—hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and attended by Prince Charles and Prince William—to confront the ...

This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard. Emily is a researcher at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in London, England, and former research associate for the CFR Africa program. The BBC reported on ...