A technique to produce eggs from ovarian tissue in the lab may offer hope for critically endangered species like the Northern White Rhino that have passed what is currently considered the point of no return.
Ecology
Mar 26, 2019
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Only two northern white rhinos exist in the world: both are female and neither can bear calves. But scientists have not given up hope of saving the species from extinction.
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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Indonesia's tsunami has raised fears that another deadly wave could wipe out the few dozen Javan rhinos still living in the wild, conservation authorities said Friday.
Ecology
Dec 28, 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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Four out of six South African rhinos that were transferred to a park in southeast Chad in a bid to revive the endangered species have died, but not from poaching, conservationists say.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2018
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Fires in the African savannah – planned by national park staff to regenerate the preferred grasses of grazers such as wildebeests and zebras – are killing the few foods that endangered black rhinos love to eat.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2018
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Conservationists expressed shock Monday after a Thai kingpin of the illegal rhino horn trade was released from jail in South Africa after serving just six years of his 40-year sentence.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2018
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Once it roamed Asia and Africa in the tens of thousands. Today, the rhinoceros has been driven to near-extinction.
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Aug 30, 2018
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Rhinos in Australia might seem like an insane proposition – after all, we've had historically bad luck with introduced species. But on reflection it's not quite as crazy as it sounds.
Ecology
Jul 19, 2018
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