by Adam Cruise | Jun 3, 2024 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – Daily Maverick The wave of elephant poaching over the past two decades appears to have substantially subsided while prices of ivory have collapsed, but there remain serious threats to some elephant populations. According to the 2024 report from...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 18, 2022 | News
By Matt McGrath – BBC News Confiscated ivory from elephants killed more than 30 years ago has turned up in recent raids, say scientists. The tusks were once part of a stockpile seized from poachers and held in sealed containers by the government of Burundi. In...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 29, 2022 | Commentary
By Dean Paton – The Christian Science Monitor When Sam Wasser was a young biologist studying baboons in Tanzania, he never imagined he would one day lead an international force cracking down on the smuggling of illegal goods, from elephant ivory to pangolins and...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 15, 2022 | News
By Ashley Strickland, CNN African elephants have drastically dwindled as targets of the illegal ivory trade, but the DNA contained within their tusks is pointing to the very criminal networks that poached them. Researchers used genetic testing on ivory shipments...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 12, 2021 | News
By Gwyn Skiles, The Daily Illini University professors and researchers led nationally recognized advancements in the study of elephants, making a name for themselves in the studies of animal sciences and anthropology.Alfred Roca professor in ACES and elephant studies...
