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Quick test reveals illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth tusks

Summary by NewScientist
Researchers say they have developed a new way to distinguish between legal mammoth ivory and illegal elephant ivory.  Elephant ivory is often passed off as mammoth ivory when being imported. As the mammoth is extinct, it is legal to trade this form of ivory as opposed to that from elephant tusks, which was banned in …

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NewScientist broke the news in Baltimore, United States on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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