The tusk, which measures nearly 28 inches long and is thought to have come from a male mammoth between 35 and 40 years of age, has been radiocarbon dated to 13,000 years ago.

Archaeologists discovered what's thought to be a Neolithic moon-shaped calendar in eastern Serbia made from the tusk of a wild boar.

EXETER — To some it may be an unusual way to commemorate history, but to William Markey it's the perfect way to make use of an elephant tusk that has been in his family for more than 70 years.

Farmer’s Death By Wild Pig Echoes For Mississippi Family When a wild pig slashed Hardy Carraway’s femoral artery, he bled to death in minutes as his sons tried to stop the flow.

They cannot be folded into a wallet or withdrawn from a cash machine, but ancient forms of currency such as pig tusks and seashells are undergoing a renaissance in the South Pacific. As much of the ...

What’s funnier and scarier than Kevin Smith‘s man-turned-walrus in “Tusk”? That would be Jimmy Kimmel dressed up as a giant, talking pig. “Children love animals, especially talking ...

An ancient mammoth tusk found in Siberia has images of camels engraved on it Ancient engravings etched onto a mammoth tusk discovered in Siberia reveal the oldest known images of camels in Asia ...

The biggest rodent that ever lived looked like a huge guinea pig and used its big teeth like an elephant does its tusk, according to new research. Josephoartigasia monesi, which lived about three ...

Two finely engraved ivory tusks donated by Pope John Paul II highlighted a charity auction Thursday to raise money for a mission on the Afghan-Pakistan border. The elephant tusks were both gifts ...

The Pacific island of Vanuatu is promoting a campaign to legitimise the use of traditional currency, such as tusks and shells.

The deputies found and shot the pig, which was sporting 6-inch tusks. They estimated its weight at about 600 pounds. Baker said no one was hurt in the incident.