A museum’s historical artifacts were among more than 1,000 items stolen during an October heist Oakland. FBI agents and Oakland Police Department detectives are attempting to ...

CDFW investigators discovered what appears to be at least nine rhino horns, thousands of pieces of elephant ivory, several ...

Wildlife investigators with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife say they’ve uncovered what they suspect is a ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in what may have once been an Iron Age "center of power." The ivory carving features a mythical sphinx — a human ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife seized what they say appears to be at least nine rhino horns and thousands of ...

California wildlife officers have seized a massive cache of illegal animal parts, including rhino horns, elephant ivory and ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud found a door sill, carved ivory and ostrich eggshells revealing royal life. Photo from Michael Danti Precious objects made of ostrich ...

A 60-year-old man in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling ivory from endangered animals online in violation of federal conservation laws. Gary L. Cooper used Craigslist and eBay to hawk elephant ...

CORUM, TURKEY—The Anadolu Agency reports that an excavation in northern Turkey at the site of Hattusha has uncovered a piece of carved ivory measuring about one foot long. Archaeologist Andreas ...

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, ...