An international team of researchers has found genetic evidence of northern and southern white rhinoceros' intermingling during the last ice age. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes ...
Genetic Resources Banked in the Frozen Zoo Hold Key to Recovery for Critically Endangered Northern White Rhinoceros
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An Australian zoo said Tuesday the birth of a southern white rhinoceros was a "sign of hope" for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.
Ecology
May 21, 2013
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The world's oldest captive white rhino, South African-born Sana, has died at the age of 55, the French zoo that she called home for the last 26 years said Thursday.
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Nov 14, 2019
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This is what extinction looks like. No meteor from outer space, no unstoppable pandemic, no heroic, ultimately futile last stand. Instead poor sperm, weak knees and ovarian cysts mark the end of a lifeline cut short by human ...
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Feb 12, 2015
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Experts will meet in Kenya next month to discuss ways to save the critically endangered northern white rhinos from extinction.
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Dec 19, 2014
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Deaths of rhinos by poaching are fast approaching a tipping point, with the number of endangered creatures killed annually nearly outnumbering births for the first time, international experts warned Friday.
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Nov 22, 2013
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A major scientific breakthrough, officially announced in a press release today, could signal a seismic shift in the survival prospects of the world's rarest rhino.
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Jul 5, 2018
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The largest study ever conducted on a free-ranging population of rhinoceroses reveals that about one in every seven rhinos in a key South African national park has been infected with Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), the pathogen ...
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Jun 9, 2022
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Namibia will airlift 10 rhinoceros and five elephants to Cuba in September, concluding a massive translocation project of 135 animals taken from its national parks, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
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Aug 14, 2013
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