There are now nine eastern black rhinos living in the wild in the region. Wildlife researchers are celebrating the wild birth of a critically endangered eastern black rhino as a tiny subgroup in Kenya ...

This haunting photo of a brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) standing in front of a half-destroyed house earned photographer Wim van den Heever the competition’s Grand Title award. Wim van den ...

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Rhino poaching persists despite a slight decrease worldwide over the last three years, driven by relentless demand for their horns in East Asia, according to a recent report by TRAFFIC and the IUCN.

The international BioRescue consortium has entered new grounds in its mission to save the northern white rhinoceros (NWR, Ceratotherium simum cottoni) from extinction. Since the beginning of the year, ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new report by the IUCN finds that two of the world’s most endangered species are still perilously close to extinction. Javan rhino (Rhinoceros ...

Rhino poaching in Africa drops to lowest level since 2011, but total rhino numbers decline 6.7% — with white rhinos at near two-decade low Asian rhinos stable, but Critically Endangered species in ...

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Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed molecules from extinct relatives of rhinos and other large mammals, have pushed ...

Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their highly valued horns. Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate ...

Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in high demand in some parts of Asia. By Rachel Nuwer Wildlife managers in Africa ...