For a little while, Ivory soap-carving artist Murray Stuckey got a taste of celebrity. The Palm Bay man made a name for himself carving ordinary white bars of Ivory soap into intricate pieces of art.

Scraping Painted Bar Soap” captures the oddly satisfying art of carving through layers of vividly colored soap, revealing ...

Today one of the world’s largest domestic markets for elephant ivory begins to wind down. China is closing 67 of its licensed ivory facilities, including 12 of its 35 ivory carving factories and ...

With five different states’ ivory bans currently in effect, the latest passed by Hawaii at the beginning of this year, confusion remains among potential walrus ivory buyers in Alaska about what ivory ...

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