2008-04-26 - Cape Cod, United States. K.C. MYERS
For years, well-known scrimshander Charles Manghis has displayed, sold and demonstrated the art of scrimshaw on the island. But he may have just added a black mark to the historic art form. The 53-year-old was charged Thursday in federal court on several counts of smuggling elephant ivory and sperm whale teeth into Nantucket, where it was sold. The U.S. Department of Justice indictment describes how Manghis worked with a Ukrainian man, Andriy Mikhalyov, to arrange sending elephant ivory and sper...
2007-01-06 - Cape Cod, United States.
Tim Winchenbach came home after 17 days aboard a New Bedford-based scallop boat with more than salt-crusted hair and fish tales for his wife and young daughters. "I told them I had a present. Then I said it was a woolly mammoth tusk," Winchenbach, 31 , said in a telephone interview yesterday from his home in Cushing, Maine. "My wife was like, 'Yeah, right.' "
2025-03-27 - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In a united effort to prevent forest fires, a team of three elephants joined over 20 locals in constructing firebreaks in Chiang Mai’s Mae Taeng district on Wednesday. The initiative, led by Phra Kh...
2025-03-27 - Cholamunda, India.
A Wild tusker, known as Kasera Komban, was found dead in abandoned septic tank in Kerala Malappuram. The tusker used to be affectionately called "Kasera Komban" due to its remarkably long tusks, which...
2025-03-18 - Wichita, United States.
The Sedgwick County Zoo announced Monday that 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered a stillborn calf following a healthy, full-term pregnancy. This would have marked the first elephant born a...
2025-03-08 - Guwahati, India.
A female elephant calf took birth in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park. The newborn, named Gauri, is the offspring of an elephant named Phulmai, who resides within the protected area of Kaziranga.
2025-03-05 - Trichy, India.
A 60-year-old female elephant named Jaini, who was being cared for at the MR Palayam Government Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Reserve Forest under the Trichy Forest Division, has passed away. The ...
2025-02-07 - Amboseli, Kenya.
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paolo, one of Amboseli’s most famous and cherished elephants. At 46 years old, Paolo’s death marks the loss of a true giant, not only in size but ...
