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Namibian conservancies fight to block mining threat to rhinos

Victoria Schneider 2 Dec 2024

Not just polar bears — climate change could push African rhinos to extinction

Anna Dulisse 14 Mar 2024
A black rhino in Loisaba Conservancy.

Black rhinos moved to Kenya’s Loisaba Conservancy as species recovers

Graeme Green 13 Feb 2024
Rhino tracker with their back to the camera in the foreground, looking at an alert black rhino in the middle ground. Image by Ultimate Safaris.

Namibian community protects its rhinos from poaching but could lose them to mining

Victoria Schneider 13 Mar 2023
Team guiding a sedated rhino into a crate for translocation. Image by Casey Pratt / Love Africa Marketing.

Bull run: South Africa marks latest rhino relocation to boost populations

Charles Mpaka 9 May 2022

Translocation brings white rhinos to Rwanda, a new land for an old species

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Dec 2021

‘A leap of faith’: Q&A with Robin Radcliffe on airlifting rhinos upside down

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Nov 2021
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Low genetic diversity is part of rhinos’ long-term history, study says

Carolyn Cowan 31 Aug 2021

On World Rhino Day, looking back on an eventful year

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2019

New film details wrenching impact of illegal rhino horn trade on families

John Cannon 27 Jun 2019

Better than sex? For hard-to-breed rhinos, technology strives for a solution

Jim Tan 28 Mar 2019

Four of six black rhinos translocated to Chad are now dead

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2018

Two black rhinos found dead in Chad after move from South Africa

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2018

$25m in funding to help African gov’ts prosecute poachers, traffickers

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2018

10 of 11 black rhinos now dead after relocation attempt in Kenya takes tragic turn

Mongabay.com 26 Jul 2018

Black rhinos return to Zakouma National Park in Chad

Mongabay.com 7 May 2018

Rhino DNA database helps officials nab poachers and traffickers

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2018

Rhino poacher sentenced to 18 years in prison

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

Black rhinos in Tanzania now monitored via sensors implanted directly in their horns

Mike Gaworecki 24 Oct 2017

Traffickers find new ways to smuggle rhino horn out of Africa

Isabel Esterman 19 Sep 2017

Rhino horn on the auction block in South Africa

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Investigation finds ‘thriving’ rhino horn trade in Asia

John Cannon 18 Jul 2017

When it comes to rhino conservation, Asia and Africa can learn a lot from each other

Alex Dudley 21 Jun 2017

Wildlife ecologist killed in Rwandan national park by recently translocated rhino

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2017

New York detective work saves rhinos in South Africa (commentary)

Axel Hunnicutt 2 Jun 2017

South Africa makes it legal to sell rhino horns

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Apr 2017

A Czech zoo is dehorning its rhinos

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Mar 2017
Black rhino mom and calf

Reducing Asia’s hunger for rhino horn

Giovanni Ortolani 9 Mar 2017

Zimbabwe is dehorning its rhinos to curb poaching

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Sep 2016

South Africa drops proposal to legalize international trade in rhino horn

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2016

2015 was the worst year on record for rhino poaching in Africa

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jan 2016

Will community management help save the black rhino from extinction? (Photos)

Nika Levikov 17 Sep 2015

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