Royal Navy ships fighting the slave trade had as many as 40 Africans serving alongside 245 regular crew.This tusk belonged to an African serving in the Royal Navy's fight against the transatlantic ...

Ancient hunters killed woolly mammoths for their meat. Today in Russia’s Arctic the search is on for their valuable tusks. 15 min read This story appears in the April 2013 issue of National ...

The initial design for a new sculpture, inspired by an engraved walrus tusk, has been revealed as ... reflect the area's seafaring heritage with carvings of marine life and contemporary stories.

“Queen Elizabeth I purportedly had a unicorn horn — narwhal tusk — valued at 10,000 pounds in the 1500s,” Winchell said, “which was equivalent to the price of a castle.” Carvings and ...