If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The buying and selling of illegal elephant ivory is a major problem online, and even ...

Some African nations are again pushing to reopen the trade in ivory. However others are seeking the highest possible protections for all of Africa's elephants. Nature's emergency in five graphics ...

The US-based environmental organisation WildAid estimates that more than 30,000 elephants are killed every year in Africa for their tusks. The ivory is often carved into ornaments and jewellery ...