Mumbai: In a joint operation by the Crime Branch and forest department, two men were caught red-handed while attempting to sell carved ivory near Sarv.

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. Elephant ivory is often passed off as mammoth ivory when being imported. As the ...

Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban—by passing off illegal elephant ivory as legal mammoth ivory. Since the two types look deceptively similar, law ...

Two main types of mammoth ivory carved artefacts were being sold (staff of the Chinese market, personal communication): “bai jian (摆件)”, which are large items that can be displayed standing up, such ...

To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory—but selling mammoth ivory remains legal, and the two are difficult to tell apart ...

Mammoth ivory, dug up in the permafrost, is sometimes used as a legal substitute for elephant ivory. But this leaves a potential loophole for poached elephant ivory to be sold as mammoth ivory ...

A new forensic test could help identify poached elephant ivory being disguised and smuggled as legal mammoth tusks.

Posed as if leaping through the air, this carved ivory dog opens its mouth as a lever is pushed up and down, revealing two lower teeth and a red tongue. The dog, which was discovered in an ancient ...

Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to decimate elephant populations. An international ban exists on the ivory trade ...

Two people have been indicted for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal elephant ivory through online auctions.