With four ferocious tusks, you might think that gomphotheres were formidable predators. While they certainly looked the part, ...

A tusk is a tooth that extends beyond the mouth. Like any other evolutionary trait, they’ve stuck around because they are a useful utility tool for the creature. In most animals, tusks are an ...

Many adult males wear duelling scars from these encounters and some animals have been found with tusk tips lodged in their skull. Recent drone footage has shed some light on the feeding practices of ...

She walked in front of the elephant when it took one of its tusks and gored her to death, reported the Thai Examiner. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she later died from a head injury.

Worcester science museum EcoTarium has enhanced its collection of mammal artifacts and sculptures, along with an unspecified monetary donation, from benefactors Peter and Joan Dirlam of Southbridge.

The seized tusk measured more than 6ft 6ins (2m) in length A "brazen" taxidermist who was trying to sell what was believed to be the longest illegal elephant tusk in the UK has been jailed for a ...