Three quarters were modern ivory, being sold illegally as fake antiques. Ivory from an elephant killed by poachers as recently as 2010 was among the items passed off as being antique. "It's sick ...

Import and sale of antique ivory (over 100 years old) represents another exception to the ban. The rules for importation of Asian elephant ivory are different still. (Confused yet?) Last September, ...

The ancient ivory contained genetic secrets that could be used to protect elephants today Researchers have examined ancient DNA preserved in elephant tusks that were among the cargo of a 487-year ...

Ivory from both elephants and mammoths are identical to ... of traders continuing to offer ivory items to UK customers via antique auction sites, albeit in considerably lower numbers than before ...

Ivory comes from elephant tusks. Animal rights groups have ... The law had been challenged by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Antique and Art Dealers Association ...

NEW YORK— A federal court in New York on Friday upheld the state’s ban on sales and in-store displays of elephant and mammoth ivory and rhino horn — rejecting claims that the ban was unconstitutional.