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Ice Age, even an elderly rhino proves it can still move at astonishing speeds, offering a vivid look at survival in a frozen ...

Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study. Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago ...

For over fifty years, a prehistoric rhinoceros mass grave has baffled paleontologists. Over one hundred rhino skeletons were found in the same spot, having all died together 12 million years ago. Now, ...

Prehistoric rhinos discovered in Nebraska in 1971 did not migrate even when their habitat was blanketed by volcanic ash, a new study finds. Photo by John Haxby/The University of Nebraska State Museum ...

Paleontologists working in China have discovered a new species of giant rhino, the largest land mammal ever to have walked the earth. Giant rhino, Paraceratherium, were mainly found in Asia, according ...

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The Western black rhinoceros has officially been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation network. A subspecies of the black ...

As sad as it is to acknowledge, there are more than a million animal species on the brink of extinction today, and things are only going to get worse. That means that even with intense efforts to save ...

Twelve million years ago, a massive herd of rhinos gathered at a watering hole in what is now northeastern Nebraska. But when a distant volcanic eruption at Yellowstone blanketed their food sources ...