An ancient woolly rhinoceros skeleton has enabled scientists to calculate the average temperature of Britain 42, 000 years ago.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Cockroaches (Blattodea) are an insect order remarkable in their biodiversity and distribution, with more than 4500 species known and great geographical reach. Cockroach fossils date back around 400 million ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Rhino poaching soared by nearly half last year and appears to be increasing this year, conservationists said Tuesday, warning that the small population of animals would soon begin to shrink.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Three people have been charged in the United States this week with taking part in an alleged rhinoceros horn smuggling ring, authorities said Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

All over the planet, people are fighting to save animals and plants from extinction – even though many species have no utilitarian value for us. In a new book, University of Copenhagen theologian Jakob Wolf takes up this ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 25, 2012 3.1 / 5 (7) 6

Peter de Groot hopes his recent finding confirming the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros in Vietnam pushes the public to protect the last remaining group of these prehistoric creatures living in Indonesia.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

A pregnant Sumatran rhinoceros is expected to give birth soon at a sanctuary in Indonesia, in a rare event that has only happened three times in the last century, experts said Friday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

Australian scientists Thursday unveiled the biggest-ever graveyard of an ancient rhino-sized mega-wombat called diprotodon, with the site potentially holding valuable clues on the species' extinction.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 21, 2012 4.4 / 5 (8) 12

For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2012 not rated yet 0

The first Australians hunted giant kangaroos, rhinoceros-sized marsupials, huge goannas and other megafauna to extinction shortly after arriving in the country more than 40,000 years ago, new research claims.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 22, 2012 4.8 / 5 (12) 25 |

Southern white rhinoceros populations, once thriving in zoos, have been showing severely reduced reproductivity among the captive-born population. San Diego Zoo Global researchers have a possible lead into why the southern ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 21, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Wellington is a long way from the continent of Africa but research being conducted at Victoria University is helping restore populations of animals like rhinoceros that live on the African savannahs.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

A Sumatran rhino which is 10-months pregnant is receiving special medical care after suffering two miscarriages, a conservationist said Thursday, fuelling hope for the critically-endangered species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals (megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth?

Biology - Ecology

Nov 04, 2011 4.5 / 5 (4) 1 |

the woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, wild horse, reindeer, bison, and musk ox -- is the subject of a study by an international group of scientists investigating how climate fluctuations and human activity ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 02, 2011 4 / 5 (5) 7 |