And while the part of the tusk that we can see is intimidating ... for popular luxury items well into the 20th century. Elephant ivory was used for piano keys well into the 1980s.

Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.

It’s a legend that’s persisted for years, in part because poachers treated it like a treasure story, as a lot of elephant carcasses would mean a lot ivory they could sell. Elephants have a bit ...

This transmission of all or part of an organism's DNA helps ensure a certain level of continuity from one generation to the next, while still allowing for slight changes that contribute to the ...