DNA Tests Helps Conservationists Track Down Ivory Smugglers
The cartels that run the ivory trade try to cover their tracks — among other things, they smuggle tusks from the same elephant separately. But DNA testing can help find patterns.
Conservationists have developed a new high-tech strategy to trace the cartels that smuggle much of the illegal ivory around the world â by using DNA to track ivory back to specific ports.
Biologist Samuel Wasser from the University of Washington is behind the effort. He notes that while poaching in
