With four ferocious tusks, you might think that gomphotheres were formidable predators. While they certainly looked the part, these giant ancient elephant-like animals were herbivores and used ...

If you understand the anatomy of a human tooth, you have a decent understanding of the structure of an elephant’s tusk. The structure here is fundamentally the same, with four parts that make up ...

Nigeria on Tuesday destroyed 2.5 tonnes of seized elephant tusks valued at over 9.9 billion ... event in October where officials destroyed four tonnes of seized pangolin scales valued at $1.4 ...

A male elephant’s tusks are bigger and heavier than those ... She says that in her entire career she’s seen only three or four tuskless males—none of them in Gorongosa.