New tech helping to combat illegal elephant ivory trade
The transnational trade of modern ivory is banned in a bid to protect elephants, but the trade of ancient mammoth tusks is ...
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Study Buddy (Challenger): HKU scientists develop rapid test to tell elephant and mammoth ivory apart
Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Scientists at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) are developing a rapid test capable of distinguishing between elephant and mammoth ...
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Edinburgh scientists discover mammoth secret in ivory DNA
It is relatively easy to spot the difference between elephant and mammoth tusks. But once the ivory has been carved into trinkets it is far harder. Ivory trinkets are among the items sold in the ...
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New York Court Upholds State Ban on Ivory, Rhino Horn Sales
NEW YORK— A federal court in New York on Friday upheld the state’s ban on sales and in-store displays of elephant and mammoth ivory and rhino horn — rejecting claims that the ban was unconstitutional.
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13 mammoth facts about mammoths
Brett Westwood hears how demand for mammoth ivory is growing ... heights of up to 3.5m – roughly the size of an African elephant – and to weigh up to six tonnes. The imperial mammoth weighed ...
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The Mammoth Pirates
With the sale of elephant tusks under close scrutiny, “ethical ivory” from the extinct woolly mammoth is now feeding an insatiable market in China. This rush on mammoth ivory is luring a fresh ...
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New Jersey, New York Pass Laws to Ban Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horns
A similar bill was signed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 12. The New York law bans the sale of elephant and mammoth ivory and rhinoceros horns, with limited exceptions for products such ...
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Woolly mammoth could come into existence for real, elephant’s gene to be modified
In this case, Colossal asserts that we must revive the Woolly Mammoth to save the planet and the endangered elephant. As IE ...
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Elephant in the dining room: Australian start-up makes mammoth meatball to show the potential of lab-grown meat
Vow used publicly available genetic information from the mammoth, filled missing parts with genetic data from its closest living relative, the African elephant, and inserted it into a sheep cell ...
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$1.5 billion startup says it's getting close to bringing the woolly mammoth back from the dead with elephant cells
The startup that wants to bring the woolly mammoth back from the dead said it is inching closer to its goal after a breakthrough in creating reprogrammed elephant stem cells. The advance is ...
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Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Vow used publicly available genetic information from the mammoth, filled missing parts with genetic data from its closest living relative, the African elephant, and inserted it into a sheep cell ...