Many scientists speculate as to why elephants developed long trunks. An elephant’s trunk serves ... trunks are thought to have adapted in response to tusk development. In contrast to the ...

Since elephant tusks continually grow ... removes them from the breeding gene pool. Thus, strong and long tusk genes cannot be passed onto the next generation. In theory, if all tusked elephants ...

Elephant tusks fetch a fortune in the black market as a surge in demand for ivory in the East continues to fuel the illicit trade in elephant tusks, especially from Africa. Police and Kenya ...

Salem: Five people were arrested red-handed when attempting to sell elephant tusks in Salem district on Thursday. Forest officials seized two pairs of tusks, a car and two motorcycles from them.

1 buyer and his 2 assistants – red-handed on their way to Pekanbaru with two 1.5 metre-long tusks. In addition, the arresting officers confiscated a gun, which one of the poachers admitted had been ...

Officials of the Forest Cell of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) caught a 27-year-old forest watcher while he was trying to sell two elephant tusks to prospective clients on Kollegal ...