President Donald Trump cited “ screening and vetting deficiencies ” as the main reason for the suspensions. Fans from Iran ...

Massive quantities of African ivory are being laundered through shops in Thailand and fuelling the elephant poaching crisis, conservation group WWF says. The organization today is launching a global ...

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - A ban on ivory sales in China, the world's largest importer and end user of elephant tusks, takes effect on Sunday with wildlife activists calling it a vital step to reducing the ...

Research has shown that conservation campaigns could turn the tide on the illegal ivory trade if they focused less on themes ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional part of a New York law that imposed tough limits on the sale of ivory and rhinoceros horns, voiding restrictions on ...

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Legislature voted Wednesday to ban all ivory sales by 2021, closing what activists called a major loophole in the global effort to end the trade and protect elephants from ...

LONDON — In his award-winning biography, “The Hare With Amber Eyes,” British ceramic artist Edmund de Waal tells the story of his family through its collection of Japanese netsuke carvings. Netsuke ...

WWF is committed to saving elephants and maintaining the current international ivory trade ban The world’s most important wildlife trade conference – CITES CoP17 – kicks off in South Africa on ...