Researchers trace the first tusks back to ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs and shed light on the evolution of mammalian tusks by first defining what makes a tusk a tusk. Most ...

A documentary focuses on the remarkable reproductive lives of the rare male elephants whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds ...

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Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first ...

An amateur fossil hunter found a mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek. Experts said it was the first mammoth tusk found in the state. Mammoth tusks can offer unique insight into their lives, including ...

A discovery in the Pacific Ocean off California leads to “an ‘Indiana Jones’ mixed with ‘Jurassic Park’ moment.” Credit...Leonardo Santamaria Supported by By Annie Roth A young female mammoth was ...

When Torchlight Meets Tusks depicts a moment of raw conflict in Bishnupur, West Bengal, India, as a herd of elephants ...

Tusks are a striking feature of many animals -- elephants, hippos, warthogs, walruses -- and are often sought-after by humans. But no birds, fish or reptiles today sport this extreme and ever-growing ...

Most people picture an elephant when imagining animals with tusks. But many other animals have tusks including warthogs, hippopotamuses, Arctic-dwelling walruses, and even a five-pound, guinea pig ...