BANGKOKBANGKOK — Police raided secret ivory carving workshops in central Thailand, seizing an allegedly illegal haul of elephant and walrus tusks, authorities and a conservation group said Wednesday.
NAIROBI, Kenya – The artist market just north of Angola's capital sells paintings, hand-carved wooden animals and newly woven baskets. It is also sells more than 10,000 pieces of ivory, making it the ...
The trade in illegally sourced material will be banned by the end of the year, resulting in job losses and the death of ancient expertise, as Yang Wanli reports. In recent weeks, Weng Zhanxuan has ...
Archaeologists in Germany have discovered the missing piece of an ice age carving deep in a cave. But the new addition of the ivory carving, originally thought to depict a horse, has actually ...
Wildlife investigators with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife say they’ve uncovered what they suspect is a massive illegal animal-parts trafficking operation in Los Angeles County tied to ...
Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in what may have once been an Iron Age "center of power." The ivory carving features a mythical sphinx — a human ...
Dubai: The next time a special intricate carving or statue catches your eye in a local curio shop, think before you buy. If the piece is made of ivory, you may be in for more than you bargained given ...