Dossier
tusks
Coverage of tusks in the Nexus archive.
- Decapitated elephant carcass found in the Kodaikanal forest
A decapitated elephant carcass was discovered in the Kodaikanal forest. Forest Department officials detained two individuals and recovered tusks from them, and are investigating additional suspects.
- Meet the biologists deciphering marine-mammal histories from baleen, whiskers and tusks
Biologists are using baleen, whiskers, and tusks to study marine-mammal histories, with the emerging field of wildlife endocrinology reshaping scientific understanding of pregnancies and stress in these animals.