Chinese authorities have seized 7.5 tonnes of ivory -- 2,748 elephant tusks -- in one of the biggest busts in recent years as the country cracks down on the sale of illegal wildlife products. The ...

Over 20,000 African elephants are killed every year by poachers. “The global demand for ivory and rhino horn fuels poaching and organized crime,” CDFW Deputy Director and Chief of Law Enforcement ...

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

BANGKOK — Four tons of African elephant ivory worth $6 million has been seized at a Bangkok port in a container labelled as beans, Thai customs said on Monday, in the kingdom’s largest-ever haul of ...

Hundreds of elephant tusks have been seized in China in what's reportedly the biggest smuggling case ever recorded in the country. The haul, weighing over half a tonne, was detained by the Zhuhai ...

From their floppy ears to their giant trunks and massive size, there’s a lot that stands out about the elephant. Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle ...

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 ...

2 of 7 — Rangers practice their riding skills at Zakouma National Park in Chad. The park has four mounted ranger teams because horses are the only way to effectively patrol during the wet season, when ...