The sweeping grasslands of the African savannah might not exist without elephants. They knock down so many trees that forests transform into plains, where other grazers and birds feed. Elephants ...

Ivory poaching and trading has a long and tragic history. Humans have coveted ivory for use in a range of products—such as piano keys and jewelry. Though the selling and trading of ivory is outlawed ...

New genetic evidence confirms that ivory poaching in Africa involves only a few powerful players who consolidate the goods for illegal trade abroad. robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo Behind every ...

Forensic science is getting better every year, and even animal conservationists are harnessing it to stop illegal poaching and trading. In findings published today in the journal Nature Human ...

"Tracking The Illegal Ivory Trade: Genetic Test Of Ivory Source Could Help Thwart Elephant Poachers." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2003 / 11 / 031126065807.htm (accessed June 3, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Elephant populations are declining at alarming rates, but experts say gene maps may reverse the trend Elephant ...

A dramatic decline in elephant populations in the 1980s prompted the international community to ban ivory trading at the end of the decade. But more than a few loopholes remained, including the ...

Some 62% of African elephants have disappeared from the continent over the last decade. The reason? In central African forests, “elephants are being poached out of existence for their ivory,” wrote ...

Every year, billions of dollars' worth of ivory is illegally trafficked across the globe: one thread of a web of international crime that ties together narcotics, guns and even murder. As well as tens ...