In the article beginning on page 6, we discuss the unrelenting slaughter of African elephants for their ivory. In the United States, import of African elephant ivory has been prohibited—via the ...

The illicit trade in ivory continues to rise due to flaws in trade regulations ... Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest ...

One hundred years ago, Côte d’Ivoire—a nation that takes its name from the once-flourishing ivory trade that ran through its ports—was home to between 3,000 and 5,000 forest elephants. Today, ...

According to reports, the African elephant population declined greatly in the 1970s and 1980s due to the ivory trade. Thus, the international trade of elephant ivory was banned in 1989.

Authorities protecting the Gabonese segment of Central Africa’s biggest forest elephant stronghold ... is the root cause of these massive elephant killings,” he concluded. Massive quantities of ...

“African elephants are being poached at alarming levels to supply the illegal ivory trade,” Perry tweeted. “Under this law, you cannot sell or offer for sale across state lines or ...

I spent the afternoon on the elevated observation platform at Dzanga-Baï, a vast forest ... African Republic, about how the establishment of logging companies and their road networks increase poaching ...

Two-part documentary seris in which Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores what can be done to stop the killing of African elephants for their ivory.

Some African nations are again pushing to reopen the trade in ivory. However others are seeking the highest possible protections for all of Africa's elephants. Nature's emergency in five graphics ...

African forest elephants are smaller and inhabit rainforests ... years due to the number of serious threats that they face. Ivory hunting is the most well-known issue that elephants face, but ...