DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - One day last October, agents from a crack Tanzanian crime unit raced past Dar es Salaam's Palm Beach Hotel in pursuit of the suspected leader of a global elephant poaching ...

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Elephant and rhino poachers in South Africa can run, but they can’t hide from drones. An imaging system created by a team led by Elizabeth Bondi ’16 (imaging science) automatically detects illegal ...

ELEPHANT poaching has increased dramatically in Kenya in the past two years due to rising demand for ivory in East Asia. A gang of poachers armed with AK-47 rifles opened fire on several rangers on ...

Because ivory leads to a decline in elephant populations, collection and commercial trading are prohibited in principle by the Washington Convention. However, elephant poaching continues as elephants ...

A British helicopter pilot has been shot dead by elephant poachers in Tanzania, the conservation charity for which he was working has said. The Friedkin Conservation Fund said Roger Gower had been ...

DNA extracted from elephant dung and skin samples is being used by scientists to track the origin of illegally poached ivory. A team led by Dr Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington in Seattle ...

DNA testing on seized ivory shipments that reveals family ties among African elephants killed for their tusks is helping to identify poaching areas and trafficking networks at the center of an illegal ...