The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction. They live in Africa’s largest forest, extending over the continent’s west and central regions. Large populations ...

A 2 ton haul of ivory trinkets, statues and jewellery crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants has been destroyed in a rock crusher. The event, in New York’s Central Park, was held ...

Ivory, historically prized for carvings and jewelry, is now central to ethical debates due to poaching and endangered species. Derived from animal tusks and teeth, it's denser and smoother than bone, ...

This is a great week for elephants. After years of campaigning from International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW) and other conservation organisations, a UK ban on the sale of ivory has now been passed ...