Asian elephants are on the decline too, with an estimate of only 30,000 left in 2017. They are still being poached in some countries. While many elephants use their tusks as valuable tools and ...

When looking at an African elephant and an Asian elephant side-by-side, you can really tell the differences in their head ...

A mammoth tusk was found at a private West Texas ranch, prompting questions like can you own one. A Texas Tech professor ...

Among Asian elephants, only a fraction of males bear tusks, and Sri Lanka holds the lowest percentage, with just 7% of its total elephant population being tuskers. Tuskers are culturally ...

Asian elephants are also globally endangered, with less than 50,000 individuals living in Asia. They are also in danger of poaching. They are killed for their tusks, skin, and meat. Besides tigers ...

China feeds Japan’s demand for ivory. Trade in both Asian and African Elephant tusks was banned in 1990, under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...