Ivory poaching by hunters has led to the “rapid evolution” in tuskless elephants, according to new data released Thursday. “As the population recovered after the war, a relatively large proportion of ...

Sabah authorities are investigating the death of a Bornean elephant found mutilated in a forest reserve in Tongod, believed ...

Ivory poaching has led to a “rapid evolution” of tusk-less elephants, a study published in Science on Thursday stated. The study focused on African elephants in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's president set fire Saturday to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by ...

Elephants without tusks are far less likely to be killed by poachers, in what is becoming a distinct—but possibly temporary—evolutionary advantage. Reading time 3 minutes An investigation into the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Workers from KWS pile ivory ready for burning at the Kenya Wildlife Services Headquarters at the Ivory site for an event that will be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta and other invited Heads ...

African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent ...