A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa. Researchers used analysis of DNA from seized ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife intercepted a shipment of four elephant trunks from Thailand, which led to the ...

Wildlife investigators with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife say they’ve uncovered what they suspect is a massive illegal animal-parts trafficking operation in Los Angeles County tied to ...

It’s the elephant in the room. Two people have been indicted for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions. Between April 2020 and May 2023, Grace Hu and ...

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 ...

A new report issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) shows that illegal killing of elephants and illegal ivory trade continues to ...

Coffee beans that pass through the digestive tracts of animals get their unique flavors from the activity of gut microbes, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo. The guts of Asian ...