Mammoth tusk mining in the Arctic, and the price of 'ethical ivory' – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Search the news, stories & peoplePersonalise the news andstay in the knowEmergencyBackstoryNewsletters中文新闻BERITA BAHASA INDONESIATOK PISINScienceBy Zoe KeanABC ScienceTopic:PalaeontologyKim Akerman carved a figurine from mammoth ivory he bought decades ago before the "mammoth rush". (Supplied: Zoe Kean)Kim Akerman plucks a small, creamy hand-carved figurine from a handmade box resting on his kitchen table.The little mammoth is made […]

Fisherman shocked as dog finds 'disgusting' blob on beach – and could be worth £400,000 – The Mirror

A fisherman said he was surprised after his dog found a "disgusting" blob on a Scottish beach which could be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.Patrick Williamson, 37, was walking his dog on a beach in Ayrshire when the pup dropped her ball and ran towards a mysterious rock on the shore. The local resident […]

Scrimshaw: The Whaler’s Art – Antiques And The Arts Weekly

Published: July 26, 2022“The Ship Charles of London Whaling” by the Brittania Engraver, circa 1850s, whale tooth and pigment, 5¼ inches. Private Collection.By Kristin NordCOTUIT, MASS. – The Cahoon Museum of American Art is brilliantly adorned with scrimshaw from the Age of Whaling this summer in a glorious exhibition of more than 250 decorative and […]

See it: Massive megalodon tooth found by diver off Florida coast – AOL.com

For premium support please call:For premium support please call:VENICE, Fla. – A recent diving trip off the coast of Florida resulted in an ancient discovery.Kristina Scott found a 6-inch megalodon shark tooth while fossil diving in Venice.She said she's been fossil diving for three years and has found things ranging from mammoth and sperm whale […]

What If Money Expired? – Noema Magazine

Published by the Berggruen Institute Topics SearchA long-forgotten German economist argued that society and the economy would be better off if money was a perishable good. Was he an anarchist crank or the prophet of a better world?Jacob Baynham is a National Magazine Award-winning writer and a former T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professor at the […]

Five new species set to be protected under Ivory Act extension – GOV.UK

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Consensus on ivory trade at the forthcoming CITES CoP20 summit unlikely due to competing interests – Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

Lindsey SmithSenior Wildlife CampaignerAfrican elephant populations across the continent have experienced an alarming decline in the past 50 years, as highlighted in a paper published in November 2024. African forest elephants have been impacted even more severely than their savanna cousins, with some regions reporting declines exceeding 90 per cent.This stark reduction raises urgent concerns […]