The Ivory tusks are actually massive teeth (incisors) that protrude well beyond the mouths of elephants with approximately ...

A team of researchers turned to elephant and mammoth tusks to see if their layers might also preserve the presence of steroid hormones like cortisol, said lead study author Michael Cherney ...

The idea of a gigantic elephant with 8ft (2.5 metre) long tusks may sound like the stuff of science fiction. But such a creature actually roamed Israel 500,000 years ago, according to a new study.

Thirty large mammal specialists traveled from South Africa, India and other zoos across America last week to perform the last phase of tusk removal surgery for Ali, a 34-year-old elephant at the ...

The tusk was found near a kibbutz on the central plain running parallel to Israel's Mediterranean coast. But half a million years ago, when the ancient elephant died, the now-arid terrain was ...

From 6 June, trade in elephant teeth and tusks is illegal in the UK, punishable by fines of up to £250,000 or up to five years in prison. EBay is not the only online platform that wildlife ...