rhinos

White Rhino Population in Africa Increases for First Time Since 2012

White Rhino Population in Africa Increases for First Time Since 2012

Just in time for World Rhino Day (September 22), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that the white rhino population has increased for the first time since 2012. Although the increase is promising, experts warn that poaching still threatens the species. According to the IUCN, the white rhino count at the end […]

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    Hopeful Increase of Black Rhino Population in Africa

    Hopeful Increase of Black Rhino Population in Africa

    There’s a welcome bit of good news coming out of Africa. After immense conservation efforts, the numbers of critically endangered black rhinoceroses is slowly ticking up, according to the latest figures released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as the BBC’s Science Focus reported. The numbers show that the population is growing, […]

    Trump’s Trophy Hunting Council Disbanded After Legal Defeat

    Trump’s Trophy Hunting Council Disbanded After Legal Defeat

    The Department of the Interior (DOI) has disbanded a controversial council that promoted big game hunting after a judge ruled that environmental groups could challenge the legitimacy of the council in court, as The Associated Press reported. The DOI told a federal judge on Friday that the International Wildlife Conservation Council (IWCC) had ended its […]

    World’s Oldest Known Black Rhino Dies

    World’s Oldest Known Black Rhino Dies

    The world’s oldest known living black rhino has died at age 57. The rhino, a female named Fausta, died of natural causes Friday in a conservation area in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, Reuters reported. “Records show that Fausta lived longe[r] than any rhino in the world and survived in the Ngorongoro, free-ranging, for more […]

    4 Rhino Calves Spotted in Indonesia Boosts Javan Population to 72

    4 Rhino Calves Spotted in Indonesia Boosts Javan Population to 72

    By Basten Gokkon The global population of the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros has increased to 72 after four new calves were spotted in the past several months. Rhino experts have welcomed the news of a rise in the population of the Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus), a species driven close to extinction by poaching and habitat […]

    Iman, the Last Female Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia, Has Died

    Iman, the Last Female Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia, Has Died

    The last Sumatran rhino died in Malaysia Saturday, making the critically endangered species extinct in that country. The last rhinoceros was a 25-year-old female named Iman, who passed away at 5:35 p.m. Borneo time, BBC News reported. She had suffered from cancer since she was captured in 2014, and a wildlife official said that painful […]

    Enough With the Fake Rhino Horns

    Enough With the Fake Rhino Horns

    By John R. Platt Earlier this month a team of scientists announced they’ve developed a high-tech way to help save rhinos from poachers: They propose fabricating fake horns out of horse hair (which is also composed of inert keratin, like human fingernails) and then flooding the illegal market with their products, thereby lowering the price […]