The illegal ivory trade causes elephant populations to diminish at an alarming rate. To access the tusks, poachers kill elephants by either poisoning or shooting them. In March 2018, Singaporean authorities seized more than 60 bags of ivory worth around AUD$3.3 million from a Vietnam-bound ship. Conservation biologist Samuel Wasser extracted DNA from the elephant … Continue reading DNA from elephant poo helps hunt down ivory poachers