The purchase was made possible after an export license for the Romanesque carving was deferred by the UK authorities last year

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has charged the owners of Merces Gallery with selling prohibited animal products online

The 12th-century walrus ivory sculpture represents “one of the most culturally and aesthetically significant objects” the UK government’s reviewing committee has handled in the past five years

Ministers hope to close loopholes that see aquatic mammals vulnerable to poaching, but dealers in antique scrimshaw works of art say it will destroy their business

Eduardo Ulises Martinez was convicted of illegally transporting ivory and obstruction of justice

Restrictions upgraded as part of new EU Directive against environmental crime and, although targeted at raw ivory, will “suspend issuing certificates for worked specimens acquired after 1947 except for pre-1975 musical instruments"

The first exhibition at the controversial new museum complex in Berlin unflinchingly confronts a controversial subject

Proposal appears to contradict European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's assertion that any new restrictions must be proportional and "evidence based"

Book tells the tale of how Italian museum amassed such a vast array of important sculptures thanks to Frenchman Louis-Claude Carrand

After months of fundraising to bring legal action, judge dismisses antiques trade's objections to upcoming ban

Antiques trade fought for judicial review of proposed ban, due to come into force in the coming months, but draft judgement will not be made until 31 October

Cabinet of curiosities cannot go to US because of tough ivory regulations

Consultation has started with a 62-page report commissioned from wildlife monitoring network

Liebieghaus sculpture museum says the acquisition of Reiner Winkler’s collection is the largest in its history

An extension to include hippopotamus, walrus and narwhal ivory will be discussed next year

The Carlton Gallery of San Diego and a nearby warehouse had hundreds of pieces

Civilians will be allowed to enter your house, break open containers and use “reasonable force”

A spokesman for Traffic, the leading researchers of trade in endangered species, says it is the Asian market that drives the poaching, not the Western market

Donation from Victor Sassoon was not accepted by the museum when it was first offered in the 1950s

British dealers have been awaiting the government's announcement—but questions remain how the new regulations will be implemented

Melting of the permafrost in Yakutia has led to a boom in fossil tusk gathering, causing problems for government and conservationists

We explore what new ivory regulations will mean for the art world and meet the 2017 Election Artist Cornelia Parker

Regulation follows partial ban and intensive public campaign

Four exemptions, for art and musical instruments, are vital

Former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was at the forefront of exposing scale of global black market for animal products