Police in Tanzania arrested three Chinese nationals and seized hundreds of elephant tusks in the past week in anti-poaching raids in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam and the southern town of Mtwara. (scientificamerican.com)
But now, scientists are matching DNA extracted from elephant tusks with certain elephant populations across Africa, thus identifying the areas where the elephants were killed. (sciencemag.org)
Across from the pillar is a white elephant tusk carved in the form of a trumpet, with bands of intricate abstract patterning spiraling up the form. (nyss.org)