A new anti-poaching technique may be able to save rhinos from the slow creep toward extinction, the Guardian reported: removing their horns. A new study published in Science detailed how ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw has been viewed by wildlife conservationists in Africa for more than 30 years as a necessary evil to save the ...

Dehorning rhinos significantly reduces poaching rates, offering a promising strategy for conservation in African reserves.

Namibia has built up large stockpiles of rhino horn after pioneering the practice of cutting them off to deter poachers.

The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat, conservationists ...

But habitat loss and poaching led to a staggering population decline. To protect the species, international trade of rhino horn was outlawed under CITES in 1977. Soon after, a sophisticated ...

NEW YORK — South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching. The ...

Namibia's government data shows rhino poaching rose by 93% in 2022. LONDON -- The Namibian government has announced that the number of rhinos poached in the southern African nation reached a record ...

DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa (AP) — The Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa has a thriving rhino population, but their exact numbers and the details of the security operation that keeps them ...

Late at night in his dorm room, Huyen Hoang was about to fall asleep when he could not shake off what he saw — a photo of a rhinoceros dead and dehorned in Vietnam. It was 2011 when Hoang, a ...

Two people were hospitalized after a crash possibly linked to DWI on the North Side around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 17100 block of O’Connor Road, just south of Loop 1604. Read full article: 2 ...