Of all the animals alive, few are imbued with as much tragedy as mother and daughter Najin and Fatu, the last two living ...

A Malaysian court has ordered two local men to defend themselves against charges of illegally keeping 50 rhino horn pieces in ...

Due to their size and abundance, these creatures shaped the ecosystems in which they lived – but today all are nearly gone ...

Chinese researchers reported a nearly complete skull representing the first known sauropod species from East Asia. A team at ...

Rwanda's biggest national park announced on Thursday it will be receiving 70 white rhinos from South Africa later this month, in the country's largest such transfer ever. The animals, which can ...

Now, scientists have mapped the entire genome of a northern white rhino. This represents a crucial step toward bringing the critically endangered species back from the edge using advanced ...

Across South Africa, removing the the object of poachers’ desire reduced rhino deaths by 78 percent, while it raised the ...

“This is great progress not only for white rhinos, but for the entire field of animal conservation.” Having a “reference genome” in hand is essential for quality control in a project that has little ...

Rwanda to receive 70 white rhinos in its largest-ever transfer for Akagera National Park. White rhinos face threats from poaching, with the northern subspecies nearly extinct and southern subspecies ...

A four-year-old white rhino named Houdini is breathing freely again after a team of veterinary specialists at Onderstepoort performed a groundbreaking, nearly six-hour surgery. Photos: TUKS A four ...

A new Kruger National Park study has conclusively found that dehorning rhino can save most from poachers, but some will still ...