In an interview for the 2004 Criterion Collection DVD of the first film by Merchant Ivory Productions, “The Householder” (1963), James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, gray-haired and wearing similar oxford ...

The demand for ivory around the world is leading to the slaughter of tens of thousands of elephants every year. To fight the poachers, wildlife biologists are trying to pin down where the worst ...

On a balmy autumn afternoon, I meet the director James Ivory in the Upper East Side apartment he’s been keeping for the last half century. My visit coincides with the return (from the dry cleaners) of ...

Workers from the Kenya Wildlife Service carry elephant tusks from shipping containers full of ivory transported from around the country for a mass anti-poaching demonstration. Alissa Everett / Alamy ...

To curb the destructive illegal ivory trade, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) announced in 2008 that it would suspend its ban on the international trade in ivory ...

Strict bans on ivory trade are aimed at preventing elephant poaching. But the state and federal measures are causing unintended consequences for Alaska Natives who legally hunt walruses and carve ...

Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, plans to buy unsold cocoa stocks to support farmers as global prices have ...

Children were dancing on the pitch, kissing the turf and throwing confetti in the air while a security guard chased after them. Three hours after Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 2-1 to win the Africa Cup of ...

When Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast line up to play Nigeria this evening (Thursday) in the pick of the tournament’s group games, one of their most recognisable players will be 3,000 miles ...

Each month, the NBER Digest summarizes several recent NBER working papers. These papers have not been peer-reviewed, but are circulated by their authors for comment ...

The UK government has passed a groundbreaking bill that will impose a near-total ban on the trading of objects made of elephant ivory in the country. The ban covers artifacts no matter how old they ...