Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. ...

Wildlife forensic scientists in China suggest that authorities can differentiate elephant ivory from mammoth ivory by analyzing stable isotopes (forms of an element that don’t break down over ...

Nearly 90 percent of mammoth ivory exported out of Siberia—estimated at about 60 tons a year—ends up in China, which is also the main destination for illegal elephant ivory.

A mammoth task: stable isotope analyses as a tool to prevent illegal trade of elephant ivory. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 2025; 13 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1533703 Cite This Page : ...

Samples of elephant and mammoth ivory utilized in the study – although complete tusks of the two materials may differ in appearance, such is not the case with small or carved pieces Ben Booth 2 / 2 ...

Blue Origin rocket blasts off with all-female crew. 00:31 ... with one kilogram of mammoth ivory being sold in China for $1,000, or $455 per pound, according to the AFP. ...