Last year, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a “near-total ban” on the commercial trade of elephant ivory after years of campaigning by environmental and conservation groups who…
Hundreds of pieces of jewelry, sculptures and vases made of elephant ivory were destroyed at New York City's Central Park on Thursday. The ivory, weighing nearly two tons, is estimated…
The trade in rhino horn is still flourishing in China and other parts of Asia, despite a worldwide squeeze on the illegal trafficking of wildlife, according to a report by…
On July 4, Hong Kong customs officials seized about 7.2 metric tons of ivory tusks in what they estimate to be the world's largest seizure of ivory tusks over the…
When China announced at the end of 2016 that it would close its domestic ivory market within a year, the news was hailed as a “game changer” for African elephants,…
Unless we sort out how we feed the growing human population, thousands of birds and mammals will face the specter of extinction in coming decades, according to a new study…
The conservation NGO African Parks has signed an agreement with the government of Benin to rejuvenate a little-known park in the West African country of Benin. The organization will help…
Several licensed ivory dealers in Hong Kong are offering strategies for buyers to take ivory out of the city illegally, according to a new report by wildlife trade and monitoring…
The path of a major highway project in eastern Nigeria has been altered in response to concerns from local and international groups about its impact on wildlife and communities. The…
On March 3, a Tanzanian court sentenced one of the country's most wanted elephant poachers to 12 years in prison. Boniface Matthew Mariango, nicknamed "The Devil" by law enforcement officials…
New research suggests that more than 25,000 forest elephants were killed for their ivory in Gabon’s Minkébé National Park, one of the largest and most important wildlife preserves in Central…
On February 10, Malaysian authorities arrested seven of the country's "most wanted" elephant poachers in Kelantan, Malaysia. The men, believed to have killed at least 15 Asian elephants over a period…
A controversial bridge appears to be inching toward construction in northern Malaysian Borneo. For more than a year, scientists and conservationists have argued that the 350-meter (1,148-foot) Sukau bridge crossing…
Last month, poachers slaughtered two elephants for ivory in Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. Wildlife rescuers discovered the remains of the first Borneo elephant on December 27, and those of the second…
On Wednesday, Hong Kong government announced that its three-step plan to phase out domestic ivory trade by the end of 2021 was approved by the Chief Executive in Council. The legislature amendments…
In the 19th century, wild African elephants roamed free of fences. The migratory mega-herbivores had vast impacts on the ecology and flora of East African habitats. But humans, in pursuit…
The multi-billion-dollar illegal ivory trade is almost entirely being fueled by recently killed African elephants, a new study has found. Tusks in illegal seizures usually come from elephants killed within…
Every year, poachers kill around 30,000 African elephants for the illegal wildlife trade. The insatiable demand for ivory, mainly to supply Asian markets, has resulted in elephant population declines of…
n January 29, a 37-year-old Englishman and ardent conservationist named Roger Gower was piloting a helicopter over Tanzania’s Maswa Game Reserve when he spotted the corpse. With safari guide Nick…
The global conservation community has taken a step towards ending the slaughter of elephants for the illegal ivory trade. At the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation…
Malaysia has become the primary transit country for illegal Africa-sourced elephant ivory, a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has revealed. The southeast Asian country has no domestic…
In a bust earlier this month, two detector dogs helped seize illegal ivory in a village outside Tanzania’s Ruaha National Park. These dogs — Jenny, a Belgian Malinois dog, and…
Poaching has decimated elephant populations across Africa. Every year, an estimated 30,000 African elephants are killed for the illegal ivory trade, and fewer than 400,000 animals are thought to remain today.…
In an operation led by the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) between July 28 and August 2, wildlife enforcement teams arrested two businessmen in the Republic of Congo believed to…
On Friday, a Kenyan court sentenced Feisal Ali Mohamed, an ivory poaching kingpin, to 20 years in jail. Mohamed was found guilty of dealing in ivory worth $433,000 (or 44…
Illegal ivory markets are booming in Vietnam. The sale of ivory products has increased by over six times from 2008 to 2015, according to a new report released Tuesday by Save…
Marine biologist Carl Safina is a noted author and research professor at Stony Brook University, where he focuses on ocean sciences and is co-chair of the Alan Alda Center for…
On March 18, a court in Tanzania sentenced two Chinese men to 30 years each in jail for smuggling ivory, local media reported. They face an additional five years of…
The ongoing civil war in South Sudan is taking a severe toll on the country’s wildlife and other natural resources, conservationists warn. There has been a “sharp” rise in illegal…
On January 29, elephant poachers shot and killed Roger Gower, a British helicopter pilot, in Tanzania. Gower, 37, and Nicky Bester, a safari guide, were flying over Maswa game reserve…
In May 2012, customs authorities at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka seized a shipment of 359 African elephant tusks. The ivory shipment, weighing around 1.5 tons, was being…
Integrating a suite of technologies can help protect wild elephants and monitoring grazing by domestic livestock, and improve human-wildlife relations.
