Fifty-five pieces of rhino horn were found encased in plaster at an airport in the Vietnamese capital, authorities said Sunday, as the country tries to crack down on sophisticated wildlife smuggling routes.
Ecology
Jul 28, 2019
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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened a UN wildlife summit on Monday with a call to lift the global ivory trade ban so that the country can sell $600 million of stockpiled tusks.
Ecology
Jun 24, 2019
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Three teams of researchers working independently have conducted three specific studies of ruminants—a class of mammals that obtains nutrients from plants by fermenting it in chambered stomachs. The work was part of an overall ...
The male Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, which lives on Japan's main island, has big horns that are used as weapons to fight other males for females. Scientists have sought the developmental mechanism that ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2019
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Two men carrying at least 24 severed rhino horns were arrested in Hong Kong airport by customs officers who said it was their largest ever seizure of rhino contraband smuggled by air passengers.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2019
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South Africa has made "significant progress" in decreasing rhino poaching, the environmental affairs ministry said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2019
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Japanese computer scientists have developed a special purpose computer that can project high-quality three-dimensional (3-D) holography as video. The research team led by Tomoyoshi Ito, who is a professor at the Institute ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 28, 2018
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Sotheby's on Saturday became the latest international auction house to end the sale of rhino horn artefacts, withdrawing antique lots from an upcoming event in Hong Kong following an outcry from environmental groups.
Ecology
Nov 24, 2018
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The Chinese government will be reopening the nation's domestic rhino horn trade, overturning a ban that has stood since 1993. An outcry since the announcement has led to the postponement of the lifting of the ban, which currently ...
Ecology
Nov 22, 2018
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Concern over the cruelty of removing a cow's horns had not been one of Switzerland's most pressing political issues.
Other
Nov 21, 2018
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