It is difficult to distinguish between elephant and mammoth ivory.

Any law that protects threatened wildlife should be welcomed – but a ban alone will not prevent illegal activity.

A new study looks back into history to assess human impacts on the range of Asian elephants and finds sharp decline starting several centuries ago.

Japan was one of the world’s largest ivory markets – research explains why the country is no longer a key destination for the product.

Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech ways – today.

Thanks to our new technique using fossilised tracks, we have been able to learn more about the locomotion of the largest creatures ever to have roamed this planet.

Thanks to our new technique using fossilised tracks, we have been able to learn more about the locomotion of the largest creatures ever to have roamed this planet.

We showed for the first time that social disruption and trauma - such as culling of older elephants - has a lasting impact on the behaviour of African elephants.

Forests around the world will need to shift their ranges to adapt to climate change. But many trees and plants rely on animals to spread their seeds widely, and those partners are declining.

It sounds like a mammoth plan, but bringing back large herbivore species to Europe could help mitigate ecosystem collapse.