Indian rhinoceros at Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. 2016. Mayank1704, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Sumatran rhino’s path to survival is fraught with challenges, but concerted ...

Among the five existing rhino species, the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) stands out as the only one covered in hair. These relatively small rhinos—standing about ...

In a few decades, the population has grown to over 1,500 rhinos. With so many rhinos, territorial skirmishes are bound to occur from time to time. Other Reasons a Male Might Attack a Female and Her ...

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.

Additionally, neurological researchers isolated the brain structure that distinguishes imagination from reality; conservationists are making advances in protecting endangered rhinos from poachers ...

In an effort to save the rhinoceros from poachers, conservationists have been cutting off their horns. Evidence of whether the efforts are effective or not was scant until a new study was released ...

Inside, though, Lulu feels like she's a rhinoceros. As Lulu heads toward her city's Community Unity Day celebration, she meets other animals. They all tell her that she can't possibly be a rhinoceros, ...

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 ...

South Africa has the largest numbers of black and white rhinos. Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya also have significant populations. There are around 17,500 white rhinos and 6,500 black rhinos left in the ...

There are fewer than 28,000 rhinos in the world, a steep drop from 500,000 at the start of the 20th century, according to the International Rhino Foundation, a conservation group. The majority are ...

It has not been a perfect solution, however. In Kruger National Park, for example, more than 100 dehorned rhinos were poached between 2022 and 2023 for the stump of horn that remained or had ...