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

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 ...

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 ...

Green tape labeled “Customs” is stretched in front of the tusks. Ivory tusks confiscated by Hong Kong Customs are displayed on Jan. 4, 2013. ... Compared with mammoth ivory, ...

Archaeologists uncover 400,000-year-old mammoth ivory artifacts in Ukraine. They’re significant and puzzle scientists as to their function as tools or toys.

Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory. Elephant ivory is often passed off as mammoth ivory when being imported. As the ...