News tagged with rhinos
Related topics: conservation , extinction
New research provides clear answer to debate on dinosaur posture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published today (22nd February) provides, for the first time, a clear answer to the debate as to whether Triceratops and other extinct creatures took on a more mammal-like or more ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Size of mammals exploded after dinosaur extinction
Researchers demonstrate that the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago made way for mammals to get bigger - about a thousand times bigger than they had been. The study, which is published in the prestigious ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 25, 2010 |
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S.African rangers kill poachers in Kruger park
Authorities have killed two suspected poachers, arrested two others and found 11 rhino carcasses in the same area of South Africa's Kruger National Park in one week, a spokesman said Thursday.
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Officials scramble to save endangered Javan rhinos
(AP) -- The discovery of three dead Javan rhinos has intensified efforts to save one of the world's most endangered mammals from extinction, with an electric fence being built Monday around a new sanctuary ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Giant Okavango-Zambezi conservation zone launched in Africa
Five southern African countries signed an agreement Thursday to create a giant conservation zone in the Okavango and Zambezi river basins that stretches over an area half the size of France.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Rhino poached to extinction in Vietnam: WWF
A critically endangered species of rhino has been poached to extinction in Vietnam, wildlife groups said Tuesday after the country's last Javan rhino was found dead with its horn hacked off.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Cameras show 35 rare rhinos in Indonesia: official
Hidden cameras in the jungles of Indonesia's Java island have captured images of 35 critically endangered Javan rhinos, including five calves, an official said Friday.
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Malawi reserve resurrected by 'Noah's Ark' project
Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again in a reserve in Malawi, resurrected through a repopulation project of biblical proportions.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Africa's last rhinos threatened by poaching
Decades of conservation efforts to save rhinos are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in Asian traditional medicine has spawned a vast criminal trade powered by poaching.
May 07, 2012 |
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Turtle thought to be extinct spotted in Myanmar
(AP) -- The rare Arakan forest turtle, once though to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, boosting chances of saving the reptile after hunting almost destroyed its population, ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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'Mile-a-minute' weed threatens Nepal's jungles
The lush jungles of the Chitwan national park in southern Nepal are among the last remaining refuges of the endangered royal Bengal tiger and the rare one-horned rhino.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Rare black rhino born at US zoo
A rare black rhino calf was born to first-time parents at the St Louis, Missouri zoo, officials said.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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In S.Africa poaching fight, chemical makes rhino horns toxic
A South African game reserve has developed a treatment for rhino horns that is safe for the animals but causes convulsions and headaches to people who consume them, a wildlife group said Wednesday.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Diet may be affecting rhino reproduction
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 ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Burglars hunt down rhinos in museums
It was a daring daytime robbery at the natural science museum.
Jul 31, 2011 |
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