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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans ...

ESCONDIDOESCONDIDO — Visitors to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park can play a role in elephant conservation next week by bringing any personal items made of ivory to the park and surrendering them in an ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle's delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant. Hunters kill the elephants and cut off the ...

Although wooly mammoths are long gone, their recovered ivory lives on as a legal alternative to banned elephant ivory. Scientists can now use lasers to differentiate between the two materials, ...