WASHINGTON - A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. But during episodes of intense ivory ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Field rangers observed fewer tusked female elephants. Decades of ivory hunting in Gorongosa National Park favored tuskless ...

During the 20-year Mozambican civil war, due to heavy poaching the African elephant populations in Gorongosa National Park declined by 90%. As the population recovered after the war, a relatively ...