NHK has uncovered the extent of illegal transactions of ivory, which is still traded around the world despite an ...

When looking at an African elephant and an Asian elephant side-by-side, you can really tell the differences in their head shapes and tasks. African elephants generally have much larger tusks than ...

He reached beyond the average life expectancy for Asian elephants. Officials say Rex was recognizable by his impressive tusks and freckled forehead. He also enjoyed his independence and preferred ...

Its closest extant relative is the Asian elephant ... Its behaviour was similar to that of modern elephants, and it used its tusks and trunk for manipulating objects, fighting, and foraging.

Regionally, Kenya has also emerged as a major transit route for ivory destined for Asian markets from eastern ... Asia and the Middle East, where elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns are used ...