The horn is also valued in North Africa and the Middle East as an ornamental dagger handle. The white rhino once roamed much of sub-Saharan Africa, but today is under threat due to poaching fueled ...

Human development and habitat loss are also considered threats to the southern white rhino. The international trade in rhino horn has been banned by the Convention on International Trade in ...

Najin spends a lot of time by herself these days because her rebellious daughter prefers to hang out with her best friend.

but the trade continues because of a belief in the horn's medicinal properties. It's a stark example of the devastating impact of the illegal wildlife trade on threatened species. Urgent action to ...

The number of white rhinos increased from 15,942 in 2022 to 17,464 in 2023, but the black and greater one-horned rhino stayed ...

Sudan, a northern white rhino and the last male of his subspecies ... another victim of the lucrative and illegal rhino-horn trade. Vitale hopes Sudan’s story can raise more awareness about ...

If you allow your fingernails to grow unchecked they will eventually resemble a rhino horn in no way at all. 5. Black and White rhinos are neither black nor white but rather the same dark grey colour.

Ol Pejeta (Kenya) (AFP) – Najin spends a lot of time by herself these days because her rebellious daughter prefers to hang out with her best friend. This might sound like a common parental ...

SHIZUOKA--A white rhinoceros horn, which commands high prices on the black market, was stolen from Nihondaira Zoo, according to local authorities. “The horn is a highly valuable material that ...

Apparently a female one-horned rhinoceros was about to appear – and she had a calf with her. This was a scene we were very keen to film, but our guide was at pains to explain that we needed to ...