There Are Now Only 6 Northern White Rhinos Left In The World
One of the last northern white rhinos has died in Kenya– leaving only six of the animals alive and edging the species closer to extinction.The rhino, named Suni, was found dead on Friday by rangers at...
View ArticleWhy The Extinction Of All Rhinos Could Be Catastrophic
One of the last northern white rhinos in the world died in Kenya this weekend, leaving the species on the brink of extinction, with only six animals left.While other species of rhinoceros, such as the...
View Article3 Rhinos Make A Daring Escape As Zoo Guard Sleeps
Anyone in the parking lot of Ramat Gan Safari Park outside of Tel Aviv, Israel, would have been in for quite the surprise last week when a trio of rhinos took advantage of a napping guard and decided...
View ArticleThe only male northern white rhino left in the entire world is under 24-hour...
Sudan, the last male white rhino left in the entire world, is under 24-hour protection by armed guards at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya, CNN reports. The entire species depends on his...
View ArticleMany of the large animals we know and love are facing extinction, new study...
Until relatively recently, lots of different massive mammals roamed across our planet. Mastodons, mammoths, giant elk, rhinoceros-sized marsupials, sabre-toothed cats, marsupial lions, dire wolves,...
View ArticlePETA says 'Pay To Play' scheme allows circuses and big game hunters to import...
You might think that importing endangered species into the United States might be illegal. But you'd be wrong.The US government grants some circuses and big game hunters permission to possess imperiled...
View ArticleTexans offer sanctuary to endangered African rhinos
In the Texas grassland, home to white-tailed deer and rattlesnakes, outdoorsman Charly Seale sees a vast sanctuary of open spaces that could be used to protect the wild African rhino from its biggest...
View ArticleEndangered African rhinos might be moving to Texas
In the Texas grassland, home to white-tailed deer and rattlesnakes, outdoorsman Charly Seale sees a vast sanctuary of open spaces that could be used to protect the wild African rhino from its biggest...
View ArticleTexas hunter sparks outrage on Twitter after paying $350,000 to kill...
A Texas millionaire has bagged his rhino trophy, but at the price of his popularity. Twitter users were outraged Wednesday to hear that oil heir Corey Knowlton, whose father owns the private energy...
View ArticleThere is only one male northern white rhino in the world and he's protected...
The continued existence of the northern white rhino now depends on Sudan, the only northern male white rhino in the world. Produced by Devan Joseph.Video courtesy of Associated Press.Follow BI Video:...
View ArticleA ridiculously athletic dog is protecting the world's last white rhinos from...
Diego the dog patrols the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya for poachers. His job to is to sniff them out and keep them away from three of the four last northern white rhinos in the world. "When our team...
View ArticleSan Diego Zoo keepers are devastated by the death of their white rhino — only...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — One of only four northern white rhinos believed left in the world died Sunday at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.Nola, a 41-year-old feale who has been at the park since 1989, was euthanized...
View ArticleAn emotional Prince Harry calls for an end to illegal poaching
Britain's Prince Harry was devastated by the slaughtered rhinos he saw during a recent trip to South Africa, and said that stopping the illegal poaching of rhinos and elephants "is a test for all...
View ArticleThis baby rhino was rescued and is now thriving
Caregivers at the Aquila Private Game Reserve took in an abandoned male rhinoceros calf in the West Cape bush in South Africa. Now, he's loving life.Story and editing by Andrew FowlerFollow INSIDERon...
View ArticleAt birth a baby kangaroo is 100,000 times smaller than an adult — here’s how...
Whether an animal has large or small babies depends on how independent they need to be at birth. Adult Red Kangaroos are 100,000 times the weight of their young at birth. In contrast, baby giraffes are...
View ArticleSouth African private army protects world's largest rhino farm
The world's largest rhino farm looks like a vast fortress and is guarded by a private army.At night a helicopter fitted with an infrared camera circles over the 8,000 hectare (nearly 20,000 acre)...
View ArticleKate Middleton fed one of the world's last one-horned rhinos by hand
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went on a trip to India. While there, they visited a rhino sanctuary to learn about efforts to fight poachers. Specifically, they learned about one-horned rhinos,...
View ArticleResearchers want to try a cutting-edge technique to save rhinos from extinction
The northern white rhino population is going extinct before our eyes. In the last one and a half years, three have died, leaving only three left on the entire planet. Stem cell technology looks to...
View ArticleScientists discovered one of the biggest problems facing endangered black...
Genetic diversity is a key feature of a biodiverse planet, and a new study focusing on black rhinos shows just how important this internal trait is to external survival over the long-term.An...
View ArticleWhite rhino shot dead in French zoo, horn sawn off
PARIS (Reuters) - Poachers broke into a French zoo, shot dead a rare white rhinoceros and sawed off its horn in what is believed to be the first time in Europe that a rhino in captivity has been...
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