More than 20,000 African elephants were killed for their ivory in 2013, driven by demand in China and Thailand, and some local...
Ho Chi Minh City customs officials have seized nearly 15 kilograms of elephant tusks, reportedly belonging to a protected species, in...
Thailand is a top destination for African ivory smuggling in Asia
They were hidden in a shipment of furniture parts.
Each gram of rhino horn can fetch US$133, and a kilograms of ivory $2,100 in the black market
Wildlife crime worth as much as $10 billion annually threatens the existence of mammals, birds and trees ranging from rhinos to...
Zimbabwe is considering the sale of as many as 62 live elephants to China, France and the United Arab Emirates because...
Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to East Africa, sending prices soaring...
Dreadnoughtus the dinosaur weighed 65 tons, stretched half the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool and feared nothing, according to...
Three tusks weighing 4.2 kilograms seized from a shipment arriving in Ho Chi Minh City have been identified as being...
Authorities in Togo have seized nearly four tonnes of ivory - the tusks from over 500 dead elephants - hidden in containers destined for...
Thai police have arrested a Vietnamese couple for allegedly smuggling 105 kilograms of African elephant ivory from Angola to Cambodia through...
Ho Chi Minh City customs authorities have seized handicrafts made from over 21 kilograms of ivory that were smuggled in from...
Releasing a report rating countries' efforts at stopping the trade in endangered species, WWF said elephant poaching was at crisis levels...
Vietnam 's performance has been abysmal in cracking down against the illegal trade of animal parts that is threatening the survival of elephants...