Do you collect elephant figurines? Of a particular size, material or pose? Why do many people find elephants such desirable images for decorating in their homes? In modern times, these animals ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Black smoke is billowing into the air of the Ethiopian capital as 6.1 tons of illegal elephant tusks, ivory trinkets, carvings and various forms of jewelry burn on a wooden ...

The total value of the wildlife trafficked by Ferdinand Krizan, of Franklinville, ,NY, according to the DEC, was $141,877. As part of the plea, he will give up about 100 pieces of ivory carvings, DEC ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have pulverized contraband elephant tusks and ivory carvings confiscated in the Gulf nation to send a message against poaching.

An artist carves a piece of ivory at the Beijing Ivory Carving Factory. (Photo by Yang Yao / China Daily courtesy Beijing International) BEIJING, China, March 31, 2017 (ENS) – China today permanently ...

Federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but six states have now banned the sale of ivory more broadly. That has repercussions for Alaska Native ivory carvers, who use tusks from legally ...

In its latest show, Elephant Gallery brings to light the extraordinary work of Don Shull, an 82-year-old Illinois folk artist who has never exhibited before. “Don Shull: Whirligigs and Carvings,” ...

A Franklinville man must pay a $30,000 fine for illegally buying and selling elephant tusks. Federal prosecutors say Ferdinand Krizan, 78, bought tusks from an auction house in Canada and shipped them ...

This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. IN JANUARY 2012 A HUNDRED RAIDERS ON HORSEBACK CHARGED OUT OF CHAD INTO CAMEROON’S BOUBA NDJIDAH NATIONAL PARK, ...