You can even approximate an elephant’s age by comparing its tusk size to others of its age and species. Chemically, there’s no difference between a tooth and a tusk, but ivory continues to be ...

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

Initial reports claimed the female elephant had gored García with one of its tusks. However ... About 2,800 Asian elephants — an endangered species — are held captive at tourism facilities ...

Maputo — Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) on Sunday aborted an attempted sale of four elephant tusks in Mágoè district, in the central province of Tete.

The two holes in the skull led to suspicion that the animal was poached for its tusks. Environment activists and conservationists sought an investigation into the matter.

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death ... Asian elephants are an endangered species and between 3,100 and 3,600 Asian elephants can be found ...