One notable difference between elephants and gomphotheres besides their size is the number of tusks. Elephants have two tusks ...

Maputo — Mozambique's National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) on Sunday aborted an attempted sale of four elephant tusks in Mágoè district, in the central province of Tete.

Tusks are continuously growing incisors. Typically, adult elephant teeth comprise 12 premolars, 12 molars, and two tusks. These twin teeth are composed of four layers, the outermost being the ...

Within the Amboseli ecosystem that straddles southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, only about 10 of these large-tusked elephants remain in the wild, and we’re determined to see one. Our ...