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The translocation team leads a sedated rhino to a crate and its journey to a new home. Image © Michael Dexter/African Parks.

African Parks embarks on critical conservation undertaking for 2,000 rhinos

Simon Espley 22 Aug 2024

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

Anna Dulisse 14 Mar 2024
Orphanage manager Claudia Andrione with older rhino orphans at the orphanage.

African Parks to rewild 2,000 rhinos from controversial breeding program

Jim Tan 11 Sep 2023
A rhino in the orphanage at the Platinum Rhino project site.

World’s largest private rhino herd doesn’t have a buyer — or much of a future

Jim Tan 11 Aug 2023
A black rhino recently dehorned.

Poaching surges in the birthplace of white rhino conservation

Jim Tan 14 Oct 2022
Thuza and Kusasa the white rhinos.

White rhino conservation project attempts paradigm shift by including local community

Ryan Truscott 19 Jul 2022
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
Najin the Rhino

One of world’s last two northern white rhinos withdrawn from breeding program

Carolyn Cowan 1 Nov 2021

Creation of three new northern white rhinos embryos may indicate hope for other rhino species

Ashley Stumvoll 16 Sep 2021
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Low genetic diversity is part of rhinos’ long-term history, study says

Carolyn Cowan 31 Aug 2021

South African dehorning initiative aims for ‘zero poached’ white rhinos

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 Apr 2021

On World Rhino Day, looking back on an eventful year

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2019

Is the rhino horn trade a cartel? Economic analysis suggests it works like one

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Aug 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

And then there were 12: Why don’t we hear about extinction until it’s too late? (commentary)

Sam Turvey 6 Jul 2018

Lab-grown embryos raise hope of saving near-extinct rhino

Shreya Dasgupta 5 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

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

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

Alex Dudley 21 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

Poachers kill rhino at French zoo

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Mar 2017

Zimbabwe is dehorning its rhinos to curb poaching

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Sep 2016

Now Swaziland has submitted a proposal to CITES to legalize trade in rhino horn

Mike Gaworecki 28 Apr 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

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