Ivory

Demand for the endangered species in the Philippines has been fueled by the clampdown on the ivory trade.

African elephant numbers have fallen dramatically as a result of poaching and other factors, such as habitat fragmentation or loss.

Prehistoric Europeans used amber as a status symbol, an archaeologist who worked on the study told Newsweek.

Air can be suctioned out of shipping containers for dogs to sniff.

President Alassane Ouattara said the government had already released 500 of the pardoned individuals.

The operation seized thousands of animals and identified around 1,400 people suspected of related criminal activity.

The Kenyan official made the statement during Sudan's, the world's last male northern white rhino, funeral on Saturday.

If the amount is confirmed, the 16,000-pound haul will be the biggest ivory shipment seized on record.

China's ivory factories will close on Thursday as part of Beijing's goal to end the ivory trade by 2018.

Thailand is a key hub for the illegal ivory trade.

Unrest is spreading from city to city as disgruntled troops demand pay increases and bonuses.

Poaching should be investigated like money-laundering or corruption in order to save endangered species.

'Kenya is making a statement that for us ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants,' President Uhuru Kenyatta said.

The Hong Kong government is to impose heavy penalties on smuggling and illegal trading of endangered species.

As many as 50,000 elephants are killed each year for their tusks.

The event is designed to raise awareness about the poaching epidemic of African elephants.

More than 20,000 African elephants were killed for ivory in 2013, and Thailand imports a lot of that.

Malawi is the latest African nation to announce the public burning of its valuable ivory stockpile.

The best way to deter poachers is to change ownership rules and involve local communities.