It is noteworthy that most of the ivory carved in India actually came from the Portuguese colonies in Africa ... A hard white substance that is a variety of dentin, ivory makes up the tusks of such ...

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

has killed 100,000 African elephants in three years. The paper said that because the temporary ban prohibits only the import of ivory carvings, it does not affect China’s legal domestic ivory trade, ...

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on ...

The construction of the main structure of the world’s tallest bridge has been completed in China. The suspension bridge in southwestern Guizhou province is almost twice the height of the Eiffel ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans. The ruling comes after the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a lawsuit ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. DENVER — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their own freedom from a Colorado zoo, the state’s highest ...

Colorado’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that five elderly elephants don’t have legal standing to sue to leave a local zoo because they’re not human. An animal rights group had sought to ...

A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people. An animal rights group argued Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo were ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated photo provided by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo shows elephants Kimba, front, and Lucky, back, at ...

Colorado's highest court has ruled in favor of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after it was sued by an animal rights group over the alleged treatment of elephants at the Colorado Springs facility.

Languages: English. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou province has achieved a major milestone, with the final steel truss segment—an impressive 215 metric tons—hoisted into place ...