Rhinoceros is a large mammals. Image via Depositphotos The Sumatran rhino is distinguishable by its smaller size, weighing between 500 to 800 kilograms and standing about 1.2 to 1.5 meters at the ...

Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya (image credits: unsplash) The rhinoceros’s most distinctive feature may be its thick, armor-like skin. This natural body armor can measure between 1.5 to 2 inches (3.8 to ...

Male rhinos also have been known to attempt to chase off a calf in an attempt to mate with its mother. White rhino mothers are fiercely protective and will fight a male threatening her calf regardless ...

Dehorning Of Rhinos Can Help Save Them From Poachers, Suggests Study Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger declined from over 10,000 rhinos in 2010 to around 2,600 in 2023.

Horned white rhino, undisclosed South African reserve. Credit: Tim Kuiper This week, Chinese researchers reported a nearly complete skull representing the first known sauropod species from East Asia.

How does dehorning a rhino work? Conservationists began dehorning rhinos around 1989. Scientists sedate the rhinos and cover their eyes and ears as they cut the horn off with a chainsaw. It’s also an ...

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Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger (Kruger National Park and surrounding reserves) in South Africa have plummeted from over 10 000 rhinos in 2010 to around 2 600 in 2023. Hundreds ...

There are around 17,500 white rhinos and 6,500 black rhinos left in the world, with black rhino numbers reduced from 70,000 in 1970 to less than 2,500 by the time poaching reached a crisis point ...

The study showed that dehorning consistently reduced poaching, Kuiper said. It found that the dehorning of more than 2,000 rhinos resulted in a 78% reduction in poaching in those eight reserves, ...

To save rhinos, conservationists are removing their horns Across South Africa, removing the object of poachers’ desire reduced rhino deaths by 78 percent, while it raised the question: What is a ...

Tackling demand for rhino horn is also essential, Dr. Kuiper said, since without it, there would be no reason to poach. “Dehorning is not a long-term solution,” he said.